slips
Speech parts
1. slips - Noun
2. slips - Verb
Meaning
slips
third-person singular simple present indicative of slip
slips
plural of slip
slips pl (plural only)
(cricket) the area of the field covered by fielders in the slip positions; the slip fielders collectively
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ABC’s game-show trio all suffered slips last night, with (0.4, 2.93M) both off a tenth and newcomer (0.5, 2.66M) dipping two-tenths after it was last week’s top-rated show.
A 19th-century illustration by Hugh Thomson showing Willoughby cutting a lock of Marianne 's hair Marianne, out for a walk, gets caught in the rain, slips and sprains her ankle.
Allen, p. 272 Allen, pp. 273–74 The interval was long (a half hour) as the elaborate picture gallery needed to be set up, but D'Oyly Carte had anticipated this and had printed indulgence slips which were distributed.
All athletic coaches and band directors in the Laurel County Public Schools system received pink slips last week.
Adler slips away before Holmes can succeed, leaving only a photograph of herself (alone) and a note to Holmes that she will not blackmail Ormstein.
After the test kit sits out for 72 hours, one simply retrieves the packet of activated charcoal, slips it into the pre-addressed mailer that is provided (which includes free shipping), and drops it into a mailbox at one’s local post office.