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  • 21Slip (cricket) — In the sport of cricket, a slip fielder (collectively, a slip cordon ) is placed behind the batsman on the off side of the field. They are placed with the aim of catching an edged ball which is beyond the wicket keeper s reach. Many teams employ… …

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  • 22slip — 1. v. & n. v. (slipped, slipping) 1 intr. slide unintentionally esp. for a short distance; lose one s footing or balance or place by unintended sliding. 2 intr. go or move with a sliding motion (as the door closes the catch slips into place;… …

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  • 23long slip — Slip Slip, n. [AS. slipe, slip.] 1. The act of slipping; as, a slip on the ice. [1913 Webster] 2. An unintentional error or fault; a false step. [1913 Webster] This good man s slip mended his pace to martyrdom. Fuller. [1913 Webster] 3. A twig… …

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  • 24short slip — Slip Slip, n. [AS. slipe, slip.] 1. The act of slipping; as, a slip on the ice. [1913 Webster] 2. An unintentional error or fault; a false step. [1913 Webster] This good man s slip mended his pace to martyrdom. Fuller. [1913 Webster] 3. A twig… …

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  • 25To give one the slip — Slip Slip, n. [AS. slipe, slip.] 1. The act of slipping; as, a slip on the ice. [1913 Webster] 2. An unintentional error or fault; a false step. [1913 Webster] This good man s slip mended his pace to martyrdom. Fuller. [1913 Webster] 3. A twig… …

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  • 26slip —    1. to give premature birth to    Usually of domestic animals:     Cows slipped their calves, horses fell lame. (R. Hunt, 1865)    but not for the great diarist:     Fraizer is so great with my Lady Castlemain and Steward and all the ladies at… …

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  • 27slip — 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… …

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  • 28Slip (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 …

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  • 29Slip 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… …

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  • 30slip — I 1. verb 1) she slipped on the ice Syn: slide, skid, glide; fall (over), lose one s balance, tumble 2) the envelope slipped through Luke s fingers Syn: fall, drop, slide 3) …

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