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Synonyms for slipping

Grammar : Verb
Spell : slip
Phonetic Transcription : slɪp

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Définition of slipping

Origin :
  • early 14c., "to escape, to move softly and quickly," from an unrecorded Old English word or cognate Middle Low German slippen "to glide, slide," from Proto-Germanic *slipan (cf. Old High German slifan, Middle Dutch slippen, German schleifen "to glide, slide"), from PIE *sleib-, from root *(s)lei- "slimy, sticky, slippery" (see slime (n.)).
  • From mid-14c. with senses "lose one's footing," "slide out of place," "fall into error or fault." Sense of "pass unguarded or untaken" is from mid-15c. That of "slide, glide" is from 1520s. Transitive sense from 1510s; meaning "insert surreptitiously" is from 1680s. Related: Slipped; slipping. To slip up "make a mistake" is from 1855; to slip through the net "evade detection" is from 1902.
  • verb fall; glide
  • verb err
Example sentences :
  • Slipping her arm about Evelyn, Grace drew her toward the stairs.
  • Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
  • The old night watchman had a way of slipping up on one nodding.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • Stoliker produced a key and unlocked the manacles, slipping them into his pocket.
  • Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
  • It was like slipping on a bit of orange peel in the dark and breaking your leg.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • "I'll take it, then," said Bywater, slipping it into his pocket.
  • Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
  • "I thought as much," said Pembroke, slipping them into his pocket.
  • Extract from : « The Inn at the Red Oak » by Latta Griswold
  • Sure, such a horse for slipping from under one was never bestridden by man.'
  • Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Slipping quietly from my couch, so as not to wake the mate, I stole upon deck.
  • Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Her sleeves were rolled up and her camisole was slipping down her shoulders.
  • Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
  • He felt it slipping down into his empty stomach, like a steam of molten lead.
  • Extract from : « The Fat and the Thin » by Emile Zola

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