slipping
noun
- decrease
- change location
adjective
No English definition recorded for this entry.
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Pronunciation: /ˈslɪpɪŋ/
noun
- The act of something that slips; a slip; a skidding or sudden loosening motion.
“slippings and slidings”
“Experiments on steep inclines in the United States showed that washing the rails with a detergent to remove oil and grease resulted in a marked improvement; but conditioning the rails with a special neutralising chemical completely eliminated slipping on a bank on which it was so common as to necessitate restriction of trainloads.”
verb
- present participle and gerund of slip