slippingn.¹

Etymology: < slip v.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈslipping.

a. The action of the verb in intransitive senses. Also with adverbs or prepositions, as away, into, out, up.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > [noun] > fact or capability of being spoken

slippinga1340

spokenness1805

utterability1851

verbalizability1951

the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [noun] > losing one's foothold

slithinga1300

slipping1548

slurring1671

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > [noun] > falling down or from erect position (animates) > slipping and falling

glenta1529

slipping1548

slip1596

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > [noun] > going away quietly

slipping1591

the world > movement > progressive motion > specific manner of progressive motion > [noun] > slipping or sliding

sliddering?c1225

slidingc1325

slitheringa1340

slipping1676

a1340 R. Rolle Psalter xlix. 21 It likes þe to speke ill, not for slipynge of þi tonge or in chawnce, bot wiþ study.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VII f. lv^v Other also..durst not hasard them selues for feare of galtroppes or slippynge into y^e fyer.

1591 H. Savile tr. Tacitus Ende of Nero: Fower Bks. Hist. i. 23 Many accidentes stayed the purpose; fearefull messages, the slippings away of his friendes [etc.].

1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall ii. f. 127^v The thankful acknowledgement of many corrected slippings in..my notes.

1676 R. Wiseman Severall Chirurg. Treat. vii. ii. 480 The Ancients called it a Slipping of the Head of a Bone out of its Cavity.

1840 J. W. Etheridge Life A. Clarke 255 He had met with a serious accident by the slipping of his study ladder.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. x. 278 The place was watched for some time, but the slipping was not repeated.

1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. vii. 191 There was the usual splintering of lances and slipping up of horses.

b. spec. (See quot. 1896) U.S.

ΚΠ

1896 W. D. Howells Impressions & Experiences 9 The ‘slippin',’ as the sleighing was called,..lasted from December to April with hardly a break.

c. = slip n.³ 9e.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > working with tools or equipment > [noun] > furnace > sudden descent of material

slip1881

slipping1912

1912 Q. Rev. Jan. 182 The danger attendant on the ‘slipping’ of a charge in a blast furnace—the descent of hunks of limestone and ore that are hurled into the air when such a ‘slip’ occurs.

1948 G. R. Bashforth Manuf. Iron & Steel I. x. 166 Slipping is the aftermath of scaffolding or hanging.

1948 G. R. Bashforth Manuf. Iron & Steel I. x. 166 Slipping or irregular descent of the stock may..occur due to badly designed bosh walls.

1969 K. R. Haley in J. H. Strassburger Blast Furnace II. xii. 592 (heading) Hanging and slipping.

2. The action of the verb in transitive senses. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > spending time > [noun] > wasting time

lettingc1440

slacking1542

missinga1547

dalliance1567

slipping1571

time-wasting1670

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > card-sharping or cheating > [noun] > methods of

palm1664

high game1665

palming1671

slick1674

brief1680

gammoning1700

shoulder-dash1711

bridge1773

weaving1803

bridging1843

palmistry1859

slipping1864

stocking1887

big mitt1903

society > travel > rail travel > [noun] > operation of railways > other specific operations

banking1838

piloting1863

buffering1898

slipping1898

propping1900

society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > [noun] > driving or operating a motor vehicle > operating clutch or gears

change1895

downchange1907

gear-changing1909

change-down1910

gear-change1912

change up1913

shift1915

declutching1925

slipping1925

upshift1951

double-clutching1954

upshifting1956

1571 Reg. Privy Council Scotl. II. 125 Nane of the saidis partiis salbe interessit throw slipping of the occasioun and tyme of warning.

1864 J. C. Hotten Slang Dict. (new ed.) Slipping, a trick of card-sharpers, in performance of which, by dexterous manipulation, they place the cut card on the top, instead of at the bottom of the pack.

1885 Daily News 19 Feb. 2/7 The slipping and judging gave entire satisfaction.

1898 Daily News 11 Oct. 8/1 The practice of ‘slipping’, that is, of mechanically detaching coaches from off express trains.

1925 Morris Owner's Man. 22 Persistent slipping of the clutch must not be resorted to.

1959 Listener 17 Dec. 1085/3 Such statements as that on page 169..may be regarded as a momentary slipping of the clutch.

Compounds

C1. attributive, as slipping-apparatus, slipping system.

ΚΠ

1856 ‘Stonehenge’ Man. Brit. Rural Sports i. iii. vi. 194 Thus alternately using the slipping system and the horse-exercise.

1895 Daily News 7 Sept. 7/5 He was riding in the front van of a first-class coach, in which the slipping apparatus was fitted.

C2.

slipping-box n. the box from which greyhounds are slipped or released.

ΚΠ

1927 Daily Tel. 21 June 14/3 Each [dog] is quickly examined and passed to the slipping-box... The hare passes the box, and as it does so the trap is lifted and the dogs are halfway round the track before the spectators have time to shout ‘They're off.’

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

slippingn.²

Etymology: < slip v.²Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈslipping.

1. A skein or hank of yarn. Cf. slip n.² 11 ? Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > thread or yarn > [noun] > skein or hank

hasp1390

skeinc1440

slipping1541

hank1575

sling1644

rap1776

1541–2 Inventory in Lancs. & Cheshire Wills (1857) 81 xxv teir of hempe slippingis, xxij canvis slippingis, x flaxen slippingis.

1599 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1889) IV. 251 Certen slippinges of hardne yarne.

1603 in J. Harland House & Farm Accts. Shuttleworths (1856) I. 152 Delivered to her xxviij haspes or slippinges of line yearn,..and v haspes or slippinges of canves yearne.

1615 G. Markham Eng. House-wife (1668) ii. v. 137 Divide the slipping or skean into divers Leyes, allowing..twenty leyes to every slipping.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 107/1 A Slipping, is as much as is wond upon the Reel at a time, which is generally about a pound of Yarn.

1882 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. Slipping, a large skein of yarn, as taken off the wheel.

a. The action of taking slips from a plant.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > management of plants > propagation of plants > [noun] > by cuttings

slipping1548

surculation1669

piping1773

1548 T. Cooper Bibliotheca Eliotæ (rev. ed.) Frondatio, a slyppyng of leaues or bowes, loppyng of trees.

?1613 T. Campion Two Bks. Ayres xix. sig. M2^v Thriue faire plants ere the worse for the slipping?

1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry (1721) II. 133 Calamint is raised by Slipping, or parting of the Roots.

b. A cutting of a plant; a slip.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > management of plants > propagation of plants > [noun] > by cuttings > cutting or slip

planteOE

plantingeOE

quickwoodc1383

graffa1393

sarmenta1398

slivingc1400

springc1400

clavec1420

sleavingc1440

talionc1440

quick1456

quicking1469

graft1483

quickset1484

slip1495

setlingc1503

set1513

pitchset1519

slaving?1523

truncheon1572

stallon1587

crosset1600

marquot1600

sliver1604

secta1616

offset1629

slipping1638

side-slip1651

slift1657

cutting1691

pitcher1707

mallet-shoot1745

root cutting1784

stowing1788

stool1789

pitch1808

heel1822

cutling1834

piping1851

cutback1897

stump plant1953

1638 H. Peacham Valley of Varietie xii. 103 It was planted like unto our vines, by setting the slippings into the earth.

1908 E. Fowler Between Trent & Ancholme 15 Such slippings or cuttings as the receiver might chance ‘to grow’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

slippingadj.

Etymology: < slip v.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈslipping.

a. That slips, in senses of the intransitive verb; also figurative, transient, passing quickly.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > progressive motion > specific manner of progressive motion > [adjective] > slipping or sliding

slithinga1300

slidingc1374

slipping1435

labent1727

slithering1864

the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > swift movement of time > [adjective]

slidinga900

scrithingOE

henwardOE

swifta1225

short livya1325

passing1340

flittingc1374

shadowy1374

temporalc1384

speedfula1400

transitory?c1400

brittlea1425

unabidingc1430

frail?c1450

indurablec1450

scrithel?c1475

caduke1483

transitorious1492

passanta1500

perishinga1500

caducea1513

fugitive?1518

caducal?1548

quick1548

delible1549

flittering1549

undurable?1555

shadowish1561

fleeting1563

vading1566

flightful1571

wanzing1571

transitive1575

slipping1581

diary1583

unlasting1585

never-lasting1588

flit1590

post-like1594

running1598

short-lived1598

short-winded1598

transient1599

unpermanent1607

flashy1609

of a day1612

passable1613

dureless1614

urgenta1616

waxena1616

decayable1617

horary1620

evanid1626

fugitable1628

short-dated1632

fugacious1635

ephemerala1639

impermanent1653

fungous1655

volatile1655

ephemerousa1660

unimmortal1667

timesome1674

while-being1674

of passage1680

journal1685

ephemeron1714

admovent1727

evanescent1728

meteorous1750

deciduous1763

preterient1786

ephemeridal1795

meteorica1802

meteor1803

ephemerean1804

ephemerid1804

evanescing1805

fleeted1810

fleet1812

unenduring1814

unremaining1817

unimmortalized1839

impersistent1849

flighty1850

uneternal1862

caducous1863

diurnal1866

horarious1866

brisk1879

evasive1881

picaresque1959

R. Misyn tr. R. Rolle Fire of Love 64 Þat vaynglory of slippand praysynge þe sawle may not seyk.

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 4032 The slippond slete [was] slidon of the ground.

1581 T. Howell His Deuises sig. M.iij^v The slypping ioyes that worldly wights possest.

1636 Earl of Strafford Let. 25 July (1739) II. 18 To cozen all Strangers by those slipping Conveyances.

1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. ii. viii. 147 The Slipping-board that I had lately opened.

1839 Penny Cycl. XV. 175/2 We should recommend fixing the position micrometer upon a slipping-piece.

†b. slipping knot n. = slip-knot n. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > binding or tying > a bond, tie, or fastening > [noun] > knot > slip-knot

riding knotc1330

slipping knota1425

fisher's-knot1611

snittle1611

slip-knot1659

inside clinch1886

a1425 tr. Arderne's Treat. Fistula 29 Þat þe þrede..be so bonden..þat it may be loused without kuttyng, þat is with a lache knotte or slyppyng knotte.

1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 63 Apron-string tenure is very weak, tyed but of a slipping knot.

Derivatives

ˈslippingly adv.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > [adverb]

softlyc1225

by stalea1240

privilya1250

slylyc1275

thieflyc1290

stealingly13..

by stealth1390

stalworthlya1400

theftfullyc1400

theftlyc1400

theftuouslyc1400

under veilc1425

thievishly?c1450

by theft1488

quietly1488

furtively1490

by surreption1526

hugger-muggera1529

in hugger-mugger1529

underhand1538

insidiously1545

creepingly1548

surreptiously1573

underboard1582

filchingly1583

sneakingly1598

underwater1600

slipperily1603

thief-likea1625

clandestinely1632

surreptitiously1643

thievously1658

clancularly1699

stownlins1786

stealthily1806

underhandedly1806

stolen-wise1813

on (upon, under, or by) the sly1818

round-the-corner1820

underhanded1823

stealthfully1828

slinkingly1830

slippingly1830

on the sneak?1863

sneakishly1867

behind backs1874

stalkingly1891

on the side1893

under the counter1926

underground1935

under the table1938

down and dirty1959

sneakily1966

1830 J. Galt Lawrie Todd II. v. ix. 197 Without retiring from the scene, he had come slippingly behind us.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

n.¹a1340

n.²1541

adj.a1425

单词	slipping
释义	slippingn.¹ Etymology: < slip v.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈslipping. 1. a. The action of the verb in intransitive senses. Also with adverbs or prepositions, as away, into, out, up. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > [noun] > fact or capability of being spoken slippinga1340 spokenness1805 utterability1851 verbalizability1951 the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [noun] > losing one's foothold slithinga1300 slipping1548 slurring1671 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > [noun] > falling down or from erect position (animates) > slipping and falling glenta1529 slipping1548 slip1596 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > [noun] > going away quietly slipping1591 the world > movement > progressive motion > specific manner of progressive motion > [noun] > slipping or sliding sliddering?c1225 slidingc1325 slitheringa1340 slipping1676 a1340 R. Rolle Psalter xlix. 21 It likes þe to speke ill, not for slipynge of þi tonge or in chawnce, bot wiþ study. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VII f. lv^v Other also..durst not hasard them selues for feare of galtroppes or slippynge into y^e fyer. 1591 H. Savile tr. Tacitus Ende of Nero: Fower Bks. Hist. i. 23 Many accidentes stayed the purpose; fearefull messages, the slippings away of his friendes [etc.]. 1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall ii. f. 127^v The thankful acknowledgement of many corrected slippings in..my notes. 1676 R. Wiseman Severall Chirurg. Treat. vii. ii. 480 The Ancients called it a Slipping of the Head of a Bone out of its Cavity. 1840 J. W. Etheridge Life A. Clarke 255 He had met with a serious accident by the slipping of his study ladder. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. x. 278 The place was watched for some time, but the slipping was not repeated. 1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. vii. 191 There was the usual splintering of lances and slipping up of horses. b. spec. (See quot. 1896) U.S. ΚΠ 1896 W. D. Howells Impressions & Experiences 9 The ‘slippin',’ as the sleighing was called,..lasted from December to April with hardly a break. c. = slip n.³ 9e. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with tools or equipment > [noun] > furnace > sudden descent of material slip1881 slipping1912 1912 Q. Rev. Jan. 182 The danger attendant on the ‘slipping’ of a charge in a blast furnace—the descent of hunks of limestone and ore that are hurled into the air when such a ‘slip’ occurs. 1948 G. R. Bashforth Manuf. Iron & Steel I. x. 166 Slipping is the aftermath of scaffolding or hanging. 1948 G. R. Bashforth Manuf. Iron & Steel I. x. 166 Slipping or irregular descent of the stock may..occur due to badly designed bosh walls. 1969 K. R. Haley in J. H. Strassburger Blast Furnace II. xii. 592 (heading) Hanging and slipping. 2. The action of the verb in transitive senses. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > time > spending time > [noun] > wasting time lettingc1440 slacking1542 missinga1547 dalliance1567 slipping1571 time-wasting1670 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > card-sharping or cheating > [noun] > methods of palm1664 high game1665 palming1671 slick1674 brief1680 gammoning1700 shoulder-dash1711 bridge1773 weaving1803 bridging1843 palmistry1859 slipping1864 stocking1887 big mitt1903 society > travel > rail travel > [noun] > operation of railways > other specific operations banking1838 piloting1863 buffering1898 slipping1898 propping1900 society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > [noun] > driving or operating a motor vehicle > operating clutch or gears change1895 downchange1907 gear-changing1909 change-down1910 gear-change1912 change up1913 shift1915 declutching1925 slipping1925 upshift1951 double-clutching1954 upshifting1956 1571 Reg. Privy Council Scotl. II. 125 Nane of the saidis partiis salbe interessit throw slipping of the occasioun and tyme of warning. 1864 J. C. Hotten Slang Dict. (new ed.) Slipping, a trick of card-sharpers, in performance of which, by dexterous manipulation, they place the cut card on the top, instead of at the bottom of the pack. 1885 Daily News 19 Feb. 2/7 The slipping and judging gave entire satisfaction. 1898 Daily News 11 Oct. 8/1 The practice of ‘slipping’, that is, of mechanically detaching coaches from off express trains. 1925 Morris Owner's Man. 22 Persistent slipping of the clutch must not be resorted to. 1959 Listener 17 Dec. 1085/3 Such statements as that on page 169..may be regarded as a momentary slipping of the clutch. Compounds C1. attributive, as slipping-apparatus, slipping system. ΚΠ 1856 ‘Stonehenge’ Man. Brit. Rural Sports i. iii. vi. 194 Thus alternately using the slipping system and the horse-exercise. 1895 Daily News 7 Sept. 7/5 He was riding in the front van of a first-class coach, in which the slipping apparatus was fitted. C2. slipping-box n. the box from which greyhounds are slipped or released. ΚΠ 1927 Daily Tel. 21 June 14/3 Each [dog] is quickly examined and passed to the slipping-box... The hare passes the box, and as it does so the trap is lifted and the dogs are halfway round the track before the spectators have time to shout ‘They're off.’ This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). slippingn.² Etymology: < slip v.²Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈslipping. 1. A skein or hank of yarn. Cf. slip n.² 11 ? Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > thread or yarn > [noun] > skein or hank hasp1390 skeinc1440 slipping1541 hank1575 sling1644 rap1776 1541–2 Inventory in Lancs. & Cheshire Wills (1857) 81 xxv teir of hempe slippingis, xxij canvis slippingis, x flaxen slippingis. 1599 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1889) IV. 251 Certen slippinges of hardne yarne. 1603 in J. Harland House & Farm Accts. Shuttleworths (1856) I. 152 Delivered to her xxviij haspes or slippinges of line yearn,..and v haspes or slippinges of canves yearne. 1615 G. Markham Eng. House-wife (1668) ii. v. 137 Divide the slipping or skean into divers Leyes, allowing..twenty leyes to every slipping. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 107/1 A Slipping, is as much as is wond upon the Reel at a time, which is generally about a pound of Yarn. 1882 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. Slipping, a large skein of yarn, as taken off the wheel. 2. a. The action of taking slips from a plant. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > management of plants > propagation of plants > [noun] > by cuttings slipping1548 surculation1669 piping1773 1548 T. Cooper Bibliotheca Eliotæ (rev. ed.) Frondatio, a slyppyng of leaues or bowes, loppyng of trees. ?1613 T. Campion Two Bks. Ayres xix. sig. M2^v Thriue faire plants ere the worse for the slipping? 1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry (1721) II. 133 Calamint is raised by Slipping, or parting of the Roots. b. A cutting of a plant; a slip. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > management of plants > propagation of plants > [noun] > by cuttings > cutting or slip planteOE plantingeOE quickwoodc1383 graffa1393 sarmenta1398 slivingc1400 springc1400 clavec1420 sleavingc1440 talionc1440 quick1456 quicking1469 graft1483 quickset1484 slip1495 setlingc1503 set1513 pitchset1519 slaving?1523 truncheon1572 stallon1587 crosset1600 marquot1600 sliver1604 secta1616 offset1629 slipping1638 side-slip1651 slift1657 cutting1691 pitcher1707 mallet-shoot1745 root cutting1784 stowing1788 stool1789 pitch1808 heel1822 cutling1834 piping1851 cutback1897 stump plant1953 1638 H. Peacham Valley of Varietie xii. 103 It was planted like unto our vines, by setting the slippings into the earth. 1908 E. Fowler Between Trent & Ancholme 15 Such slippings or cuttings as the receiver might chance ‘to grow’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2019). slippingadj. Etymology: < slip v.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈslipping. a. That slips, in senses of the intransitive verb; also figurative, transient, passing quickly. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > specific manner of progressive motion > [adjective] > slipping or sliding slithinga1300 slidingc1374 slipping1435 labent1727 slithering1864 the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > swift movement of time > [adjective] slidinga900 scrithingOE henwardOE swifta1225 short livya1325 passing1340 flittingc1374 shadowy1374 temporalc1384 speedfula1400 transitory?c1400 brittlea1425 unabidingc1430 frail?c1450 indurablec1450 scrithel?c1475 caduke1483 transitorious1492 passanta1500 perishinga1500 caducea1513 fugitive?1518 caducal?1548 quick1548 delible1549 flittering1549 undurable?1555 shadowish1561 fleeting1563 vading1566 flightful1571 wanzing1571 transitive1575 slipping1581 diary1583 unlasting1585 never-lasting1588 flit1590 post-like1594 running1598 short-lived1598 short-winded1598 transient1599 unpermanent1607 flashy1609 of a day1612 passable1613 dureless1614 urgenta1616 waxena1616 decayable1617 horary1620 evanid1626 fugitable1628 short-dated1632 fugacious1635 ephemerala1639 impermanent1653 fungous1655 volatile1655 ephemerousa1660 unimmortal1667 timesome1674 while-being1674 of passage1680 journal1685 ephemeron1714 admovent1727 evanescent1728 meteorous1750 deciduous1763 preterient1786 ephemeridal1795 meteorica1802 meteor1803 ephemerean1804 ephemerid1804 evanescing1805 fleeted1810 fleet1812 unenduring1814 unremaining1817 unimmortalized1839 impersistent1849 flighty1850 uneternal1862 caducous1863 diurnal1866 horarious1866 brisk1879 evasive1881 picaresque1959 R. Misyn tr. R. Rolle Fire of Love 64 Þat vaynglory of slippand praysynge þe sawle may not seyk. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 4032 The slippond slete [was] slidon of the ground. 1581 T. Howell His Deuises sig. M.iij^v The slypping ioyes that worldly wights possest. 1636 Earl of Strafford Let. 25 July (1739) II. 18 To cozen all Strangers by those slipping Conveyances. 1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. ii. viii. 147 The Slipping-board that I had lately opened. 1839 Penny Cycl. XV. 175/2 We should recommend fixing the position micrometer upon a slipping-piece. †b. slipping knot n. = slip-knot n. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > binding or tying > a bond, tie, or fastening > [noun] > knot > slip-knot riding knotc1330 slipping knota1425 fisher's-knot1611 snittle1611 slip-knot1659 inside clinch1886 a1425 tr. Arderne's Treat. Fistula 29 Þat þe þrede..be so bonden..þat it may be loused without kuttyng, þat is with a lache knotte or slyppyng knotte. 1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 63 Apron-string tenure is very weak, tyed but of a slipping knot. Derivatives ˈslippingly adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > [adverb] softlyc1225 by stalea1240 privilya1250 slylyc1275 thieflyc1290 stealingly13.. by stealth1390 stalworthlya1400 theftfullyc1400 theftlyc1400 theftuouslyc1400 under veilc1425 thievishly?c1450 by theft1488 quietly1488 furtively1490 by surreption1526 hugger-muggera1529 in hugger-mugger1529 underhand1538 insidiously1545 creepingly1548 surreptiously1573 underboard1582 filchingly1583 sneakingly1598 underwater1600 slipperily1603 thief-likea1625 clandestinely1632 surreptitiously1643 thievously1658 clancularly1699 stownlins1786 stealthily1806 underhandedly1806 stolen-wise1813 on (upon, under, or by) the sly1818 round-the-corner1820 underhanded1823 stealthfully1828 slinkingly1830 slippingly1830 on the sneak?1863 sneakishly1867 behind backs1874 stalkingly1891 on the side1893 under the counter1926 underground1935 under the table1938 down and dirty1959 sneakily1966 1830 J. Galt Lawrie Todd II. v. ix. 197 Without retiring from the scene, he had come slippingly behind us. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.¹a1340n.²1541adj.a1425
随便看	to stall off to stall out to stall to to stall to the rogue to stall up to stall with to stallionize it to stammer it out to stamp and stare to stamp one's foot to stamp out to stamp with one's foot to stand a chance to stand a etc chance to stand a good chance to stand a hazard to stand a or one's watch to stand a person in to stand a person in etc service to stand a person in etc stead to stand a person in good stead to stand a person in great service to stand a person in hand to stand a person in no service to stand a person in service

slippingn.1

Compounds

slippingn.2

slippingadj.

Derivatives

slippingn.¹

slippingn.²