English Words: S

A hard ball, similar in size to a baseball, used in hurling.

Alternative spelling of sliotar.

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

To leave without being noticed.

To return to a previous habit

To pass without being noticed or intercepted.

A removable protective covering for a book etc

A coach at the end of a long-distance train which carries passengers for an intermediate destination and is decoupled or "slipped" and left behind. (In bygone times the decoupling was done on the move; the rest of the train did not stop.)

To be easily imbibed; to be easy to drink.

To include (e.g. a certain word or phrase) into a sentence discreetly

To change into clothes that are suitable to be stripped off by a lover.

To sexually penetrate

A mistake in handwriting; (loosely) any minor error by the writer that made it into print, having not been caught by editors or proofreaders.

A mistake in speech.

To leave a place, or a meeting, without being noticed

to misspeak, to make a slip of the tongue

To sneak something through a process or inspection; to hide something or conceal a fact; to prevent attention being drawn to something.

To die.

To leave quietly and unnoticed.

Synonym of sneak past

A segment of a roadway that joins a motorway to ordinary roads (in either direction).

a health campaign in Australia and New Zealand exhorting people to "slip on a shirt, slop on sunscreen, and slap on a hat" when they go out into the sun in order to prevent skin cancer.

To have penetrative sexual intercourse with someone.

To be forgotten by someone; to escape someone's memory.

In coursing or greyhound racing, an official who ensures the dogs are properly kept in slips (collars that allow quick release).

To get past an inspection or procedure without any issue.

To escape notice or lack sufficient attention.

To succumb to a change of mental state; or by extension, to succumb to a change in control.

Synonym of fly under the radar

To err, falter; to make a mistake, especially a seemingly small error.

A toy consisting of a long sheet of thin plastic that can be connected to a hose to cover it in water through perforations along its length, producing a slippery surface for sliding on.

Someone who deserves to be, or is likely to be, hanged.

Describing a garment that can be pulled on without adjusting fasteners such as buttons or zippers.

A board sliding in grooves.

A box, open on one end, for keeping a set of books together.

Furnished with or in a slipcase

slipcase packaging

A technique for the mass-production of pottery, especially for shapes not easily made on a wheel

A rich variety of cheese, resembling butter, but white.

A fitted protective or decorative cover that may be slipped off and on a piece of upholstered furniture, usually made of cloth.

Having a slipcover.

A narrow, sleeveless dress resembling a full slip (the undergarment).

A sledge runner on which a skip is dragged in a mine.

The lee face of a sand dune where the surface is at the angle of repose for sand (33–35°).

A type of process for setting concrete which uses moveable forms that are moved and reused once the concrete is stiff enough to retain its shape under its own weight.

The use of the slipform technique in working with concrete.

An extra strap on a bridle to hold the snaffle bit.

A type of joint for a folding knife, involving a spring that helps hold the blade open against some pressure but does not lock it open in the sense of any positive engagement by the parts of any lock mechanism; it is thus a nonlocking type of joint.

Without physical slippage.

Absence of physical slippage.