Slip v. i. [imp. & p. p. Slipped p. pr. & vb. n. Slipping.]
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.
5. To err; to fall into error or fault.
There is one that slippeth in his speech, but not from his heart. --Ecclus. xix. 16.
To let slip, to loose from the slip or noose, as a hound; to allow to escape.
Cry, =\“Havoc,” and let slip the dogs of war.\= --Shak.