Lexic.us

Definition of Slip in

1. Verb. Insert casually. "She slipped in a reference to her own work"

Definition of Slip in

1. Verb. (transitive) To include (e.g. a certain word or phrase) into a sentence discreetly ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To enter discreetly ¹

3. Verb. (soccer transitive) To play a subtle pass into someone in a goalscoring position. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Slip In

Literary usage of Slip in

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

1. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1916)
"... CHATTERING WHEEL slip in ELECTRIC MOTIVE POWER BY GM EATON ABSTRACT OF PAPER The paper shows that chattering wheel slip is characteristic of all types ..."

2. Principles of Contract at Law and in Equity: A Treatise on the General by Frederick Pollock, Gustavus Henry Wald, Samuel Williston (1906)
"... has repeatedly been held to be bound by this kind of equitable estoppel (z).41 B. " Slip " in marine insurance — Acts requiring stamped policy. ..."

3. Principles of Contract at Law and in Equity: Being a Treatise on the General by Frederick Pollock (1881)
"... "Slip" in marine insurance: Acts requiring stamped policy. B. Another curious and important instance of an imperfect obligation arising out of special ..."

4. The Metallography of Steel and Cast Iron by Henry Marion Howe (1916)
"Thus it may well be that the slip in grain I of Fig. D of Plate 23 has induced the slip in grain II and thence in grains III and IV, and that in each of ..."

5. The Metallography of Steel and Cast Iron by Henry Marion Howe (1916)
"Thus it may well be that the slip in grain I of Fig. D of Plate 23 has induced the slip in grain II and thence in grains III and IV, and that in each of ..."

6. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1918)
"State Bank (1900) 9 ND 325, 83 NW 235, where A asked for and was granted credit by a bank, which issued to him a deposit slip in the name of B, ..."

7. A Dictionary of Science, Literature, & Art: Comprising the Definitions and by George William Cox (1867)
"The ordinary amount of slip in paddle vessels is about one-third of the whole distance what answers to the diameter and revolutions of the wheel, ..."

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