slip \slip\, v. i. imp.  p. p. slipped; p. pr.  vb. n.
   slipping. oe. slippen; akin to lg.  d. slippen, mhg.
   slipfen cf. dan. slippe, sw. slippa, icel. sleppa, and fr.
   oe. slipen, as. slimacpan in comp., akin to g. schleifen
   to slide, glide, drag, whet, ohg. slimacfan to slide,
   glide, make smooth, icel. slimacpa to whet; cf. also as.
   sl?pan, goth. sliupan, os. slopian, ohg. sliofan, g.
   schliefen, schl?pfen, which seem to come from a somewhat
   different root form. cf. slope, n.
   1. to move along the surface of a thing without bounding,
      rolling, or stepping; to slide; to glide.
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   2. to slide; to lose one's footing or one's hold; not to
      tread firmly; as, it is necessary to walk carefully lest
      the foot should slip.
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   3. to move or fly out of place; to shoot; -- often with
      out, off, etc.; as, a bone may slip out of its place.
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   4. to depart, withdraw, enter, appear, intrude, or escape as
      if by sliding; to go or come in a quiet, furtive manner;
      as, some errors slipped into the work.
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            thus one tradesman slips away,
            to give his partner fairer play.      --prior.
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            thrice the flitting shadow slipped away. --dryden.
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   5. to err; to fall into error or fault.
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            there is one that slippeth in his speech, but not
            from his heart.                       --ecclus. xix.
                                                  16.
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   to let slip, to loose from the slip or noose, as a hound;
      to allow to escape.
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            cry, "havoc," and let slip the dogs of war. --shak.
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see also:
slipped slipping slope to let slip