Verb

(slipp)

To lose one's traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of friction.

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To err.

* Bible, Eccl. xix. 16

There is one that slippeth in his speech, but not from his heart.

To move or fly (out of place); to shoot; often with out'', ''off , etc.

A bone may slip out of place.

To pass (a note, money, etc.) often covertly.

She thanked the porter and slipped a ten-dollar bill into his hand.

To cause to move smoothly and quickly; to slide; to convey gently or secretly.

* Arbuthnot

He tried to slip a powder into her drink.

To move quickly and often secretively; to depart, withdraw, enter, appear, intrude, or escape as if by sliding.

Some errors slipped into the appendix.

* Prior

Thus one tradesman slips away, / To give his partner fairer play.

* Dryden

Thrice the flitting shadow slipped away.

* 1883 ,

We slipped along the hedges, noiseless and swift

(figuratively) To move down; to slide.

Profits have slipped over the past six months.

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(falconry) To release (a dog, a bird of prey, etc.) to go after a quarry.

* Shakespeare

Lucento slipped me like his greyhound.

(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.

* Ben Jonson

And slip no advantage / That may secure you.

To cut slips from; to cut; to take off; to make a slip or slips of.

to slip a piece of cloth or paper

* Mortimer

The branches also may be slipped and planted.

To cause to slip or slide off, or out of place.

A horse slips''' his bridle; a dog '''slips his collar.

To bring forth (young) prematurely; to slink.

Verb

(clipp)

To grip tightly.

To fasten with a clip.

Please clip the photos to the pages where they will go.

(archaic) To hug, embrace.

* Shakespeare

O that Neptune's arms, who clippeth thee about, / Would bear thee from the knowledge of thyself.

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(slang) To collect signatures, generally with the use of a clipboard.

Verb

To cut, especially with scissors or shears as opposed to a knife etc.

She clipped my hair with her scissors.

Please clip that coupon out of the newspaper.

* Macaulay

sentenced to have his ears clipped

To curtail; to cut short.

* Shakespeare

All my reports go with the modest truth; / No more nor clipped , but so.

* Jonathan Swift

In London they clip their words after one manner about the court, another in the city, and a third in the suburbs.

(dialectal, informal) To strike with the hand.

I'll clip ye round the lugs!

(American football) An illegal tackle: Throwing the body across the back of an opponent's leg or hitting him from the back below the waist while moving up from behind unless the opponent is a runner or the action is in close line play.

(signal processing) to cut off a signal level at a certain maximum value

(computer graphics) To discard (an occluded part of a model or scene) rather than waste resources on rendering it.