noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The act of something that slips; a slip; a skidding or sudden loosening motion.

   "slippings and slidings"

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of slip form-of, gerund, participle, present

Adjective

1. 1
   moving as on a slippery surface wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

badcoming apartcrackingcrumblingdecadentdeclining

Example

More examples

"Oh, that's a secret, OK? Because slipping out of the dorm in the night is severely punished."

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