- slip around
- slip aroundto slide or skid around. •
The pedestrian slipped around and finally fell on the ice.
•The dog slipped around on the ice and finally made it to shore.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
slip around
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slip|knot — «SLIHP NOT», noun. 1. a knot made to slip along the rope or cord around which it is made; running knot. 2. a knot that can be undone by pulling the end … Useful english dictionary
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slip off — (something) to remove clothing quickly and easily. Before I knew it he had slipped out of his shirt and put his arm around me. She slipped her gloves off and set them on the table … New idioms dictionary
slip·knot — /ˈslıpˌnɑːt/ noun, pl knots [count] : a knot that can slide along the rope around which it is made and that is tightened by pulling on one end … Useful english dictionary
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slip — I UK [slɪp] / US verb Word forms slip : present tense I/you/we/they slip he/she/it slips present participle slipping past tense slipped past participle slipped *** 1) [intransitive] if you slip, your feet slide accidentally and you lose your… … English dictionary
slip — 1 /slIp/ verb slipped, slipping 1 SLIDE (I) to accidentally slide a short distance quickly or to fall by sliding: Suddenly, Frank slipped and fell over the edge. | My foot slipped and I nearly fell. see also: slippery 2 MOVE QUICKLY (intransitive … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Slip (aerodynamic) — A slip is an aerodynamic state where an aircraft is moving sideways as well as forward relative to the oncoming airflow. In other words, for a conventional aircraft, the nose will not be pointing directly into the relative wind . Flying in a slip … Wikipedia
Slip angle — In car handling, slip angle is the angle between a rolling wheel s actual direction of travel and the direction towards which it is pointing (i.e., the angle of the vector sum of wheel translational velocity v X and sideslip velocity v Y). This… … Wikipedia
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