2. To slide; to lose one's footing or one's hold; not to
tread firmly; as, it is necessary to walk carefully lest
the foot should slip.
3. To move or fly (out of place); to shoot; -- often with
out, off, etc.; as, a bone may slip out of its place.
4. To depart, withdraw, enter, appear, intrude, or escape as
if by sliding; to go or come in a quiet, furtive manner;
as, some errors slipped into the work.
Thus one tradesman slips away, To give his partner
fairer play. --Prior.
Thrice the flitting shadow slipped away. --Dryden.
5. To err; to fall into error or fault.
There is one that slippeth in his speech, but not
from his heart. --Ecclus. xix.
16.
{To let slip}, to loose from the slip or noose, as a hound;
to allow to escape.
Cry, ``Havoc,'' and let slip the dogs of war.
--Shak.