Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lip
to kiss, to smooch
lisp
lisp
noun
The habit or an act of lisping.
verb
(archaic) To speak hesitatingly and with a low voice, as if afraid.
(archaic) To speak with reserve or concealment; to utter timidly or confidentially.
(archaic) to express by the use of simple, childlike language.
To pronounce the consonant ‘s’ imperfectly; to give ‘s’ and ‘z’ the sounds of ‘th’ (/θ/, /ð/). This is a speech impediment common among children.
To speak with imperfect articulation; to mispronounce, such as a child learning to talk.
slip
slip
noun
(UK, dated) A narrow passage between buildings.
(US) A long seat or narrow pew in churches, often without a door.
(aviation) Clipping of sideslip.
(ceramics) A thin, slippery mix of clay and water.
(cricket) Any of several fielding positions to the off side of the wicket keeper, designed to catch the ball after being deflected from the bat; a fielder in that position (See first slip, second slip, third slip, fourth slip and fifth slip.)
(dated) A child's pinafore.
(electrical) The difference between the actual and synchronous speeds of an induction motor.
(engineering) The motion of the centre of resistance of the float of a paddle wheel, or the blade of an oar, through the water horizontally, or the difference between a vessel's actual speed and the speed it would have if the propelling instrument acted upon a solid; also, the velocity, relatively to still water, of the backward current of water produced by the propeller.
(marine insurance) A memorandum of the particulars of a risk for which a policy is to be executed. It usually bears the broker's name and is initiated by the underwriters.
(medicine) A one-time return to previous maladaptive behaviour after cure.
(mining) A dislocation of a lead, destroying continuity.
(nautical) A berth; a space for a ship to moor.
(nautical) A difference between the theoretical distance traveled per revolution of the propeller and the actual advance of the vessel.
(nautical) A slipway.
(obsolete) A counterfeit piece of money, made from brass covered with silver.
(obsolete) A descendant, a scion.
(obsolete) Mud, slime.
(printing, dated) A portion of the columns of a newspaper etc. struck off by itself; a proof from a column of type when set up and in the galley.
(telecommunications) The positional displacement in a sequence of transmitted symbols that causes the loss or insertion of one or more symbols.
A fish, the sole.
A leash or string by which a dog is held; so called from its being made in such a manner as to slip, or become loose, by relaxation of the hand.
A long, thin piece of something.
A mistake or error.
A number between 0 and 1 that is the difference between the angular speed of a rotating magnetic field and the angular speed of its rotor, divided by the angular speed of the magnetic field.
A particular quantity of yarn.
A slipdress.
A small piece of paper, especially one longer than it is wide, typically a form for writing on or one giving printed information.
A twig or shoot; a cutting.
A woman's undergarment worn under a skirt or dress to conceal unwanted nudity that may otherwise be revealed by the skirt or dress itself; a shift.
A young person (now usually with of introducing descriptive qualifier).
An act or instance of slipping.
An escape; a secret or unexpected desertion.
An outside covering or case.
Matter found in troughs of grindstones after the grinding of edge tools.
verb
(intransitive) To accidentally reveal a secret or otherwise say something unintentional.
(intransitive) To err.
(intransitive) To lose one’s traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of friction.
(intransitive) To move or fly (out of place); to shoot; often with out, off, etc.
(intransitive) To move quickly and often secretively; to depart, withdraw, enter, appear, intrude, or escape as if by sliding.
(intransitive, aviation, of an aircraft) Clipping of sideslip.: To fly with the longitudinal axis misaligned with the relative wind.
(intransitive, figuratively) To move down; to slide.
(obsolete) To omit; to lose by negligence.
(transitive) To cause to move smoothly and quickly; to slide; to convey gently or secretly.
(transitive) To pass (a note, money, etc.), often covertly.
(transitive, business) To cause (a schedule or release, etc.) to go, or let it go, beyond the allotted deadline.
(transitive, 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.
(transitive, hunting, falconry) To release (a dog, a bird of prey, etc.) to go after a quarry.
To bring forth (young) prematurely; to slink.
To cause to slip or slide off, or out of place.
To cut slips from; to cut; to take off; to make a slip or slips of.
