Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

slipping

/ˈslɪpɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.69 in modern English

Syllables: slip-ping
IPA: /ˈslɪpɪŋ/

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of slip

noun

The act of something that slips; a slip; a skidding or sudden loosening motion.

Example Sentences

"slippings and slidings"
"Experiments on steep inclines in the United States showed that washing the rails with a detergent to remove oil and grease resulted in a marked improvement; but conditioning the rails with a special neutralising chemical completely eliminated slipping on a bank on which it was so common as to necessitate restriction of trainloads."
"The "King" responded well to this treatment and would have maintained 60 m.p.h. up the steepest part had it not been for a brief bout of slipping, which was quickly corrected by Driver Bailes ("Autumn leaves", he remarked laconically)."

Inflected Forms

slippings (plural)

Derived Forms

nonslipping slippingly unslipping

Synonyms

slithering

Rhymes With

shipping flipping ripping skipping tipping tripping stripping dripping dipping whipping gripping sipping

Questions

How do you pronounce slipping?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈslɪpɪŋ/.
What does slipping mean?: present participle and gerund of slip

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