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. slpan (in comp.),
akin to G. schleifen to slide, glide, drag, whet, OHG. slfan to slide,
glide, make smooth, Icel. slpa 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.
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.
3. To move or fly (out of place); to shoot; -- often with out, off,
etc.; as, a bone may slip out of its place.
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.
Thus one tradesman slips away, To give his partner fairer play.
Prior.
Thrice the flitting shadow slipped away.
Dryden.