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Word: slip
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Meaning:
Noun:
- A long, thin piece of something.
- A mistake or error (slip of the tongue.)
- An act or instance of slipping.
- A number between 0 and 1 that is the difference between the angular speed of a rotating magnetic field and the angular speed of its rotor, divided by the angular speed of the magnetic field.
- A small piece of paper, especially one longer than it is wide.
- A twig or shoot; a cutting.
- A women's undergarment worn under a skirt or dress; a shift.
- A young person (now usually with of introducing descriptive qualifier).
- cricket Any of several fielding positions to the off side of the wicket keeper, designed to catch the ball after being deflected from the bat; a fielder in that position (See first slip, second slip, third slip, fourth slip and fifth slip.)
- In ceramics, a thin, slippery mix of clay and water.
- medicine A one-time return to previous maladaptive behaviour after cure.
- nautical A berth; a space for a ship to moor.
- nautical A difference between the theoretical distance traveled per revolution of the propeller and the actual advance of the vessel.
- obsolete A descendant, a scion.
- obsolete Mud, slime.
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Verb:
- falconry To release a bird of prey to go after a quarry.
- To err.
- To lose one's traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of friction.
- To move quickly and often secretively
- To pass (a note, money, etc.) often covertly
- To worsen.
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