Definition of Slipped

1. Verb. (past of ''slip'') ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Slipped

1. slip [v] - See also: slip

Lexicographical Neighbors of Slipped

slipformed
slipforming
slipforms
sliping
slipknot
slipknots
slipless
slipmat
slipmats
slipout
slipouts
slipover
slipovers
slippage
slippages
slipped (current term)
slipped capital femoral epiphysis
slipped disc
slipped discs
slipped disk
slipped disks
slipped hernia
slipped tendon
slipped tendon disease
slipper
slipper-orchid
slipper animalcule
slipper chair
slipper lobster
slipper lobsters

Literary usage of Slipped

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1858)
"... but it constantly slipped from the grasp, and was soon at the bottom of the meatus. Mortified with my failure, I ceased my efforts, and directed the ..."

2. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1846)
"While doing so, it slipped out of his hand, and fell into the water. In vain he searched for it, even till it grew dark. He thought it fell into the hollow ..."

3. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1899)
"Charges and scuf- fles he held in contempt, and, when they were inevitable, slipped between Mulvaney ..."

4. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Cory Doctorow (2006)
"They filed out and Alan spared Davey a look over his shoulder as they slipped away, head down on his knees, rocking in time with their mother. ..."

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