A young person (now usually with of introducing descriptive qualifier).
A long, thin piece of something.
A small piece of paper, especially one longer than it is wide.
(marine insurance) A memorandum of the particulars of a risk for which a policy is to be executed. It usually bears the broker's name and is initiated by the underwriters.
Verb
(intransitive) To lose one’s traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of friction.
(intransitive) To accidentally reveal a secret or otherwise say something unintentional.
(intransitive) To move or fly (out of place); to shoot; often with out, off, etc.
(transitive) To pass (a note, money, etc.), often covertly.
(transitive) To cause to move smoothly and quickly; to slide; to convey gently or secretly.
(intransitive) To move quickly and often secretively; to depart, withdraw, enter, appear, intrude, or escape as if by sliding.
(intransitive, figuratively) To move down; to slide.
(transitive, falconry) To release (a dog, a bird of prey, etc.) to go after a quarry.
(transitive, cooking) To remove the skin of a soft fruit, such as a tomato or peach, by blanching briefly in boiling water, then transferring to cold water so that the skin peels, or slips, off easily.
(obsolete) To omit; to lose by negligence.
To cut slips from; to cut; to take off; to make a slip or slips of.
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 leash or string by which a dog is held; so called from its being made in such a manner as to slip, or become loose, by relaxation of the hand.
(engineering) The motion of the centre of resistance of the float of a paddle wheel, or the blade of an oar, through the water horizontally, or the difference between a vessel's actual speed and the speed it would have if the propelling instrument acted upon a solid; also, the velocity, relatively to still water, of the backward current of water produced by the propeller.
