Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: slipping
IPA transcription: [sl'ɪpɪŋ]
Pronunciations of slipping
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adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: slipping, slithering
    Meaning: moving as on a slippery surface; "his slipping and slithering progress over the ice"
Usage examples
  • "I'll be slipping off now before your Revenue cutter comes.
  • I felt myself slipping. Once my head dropped and came up with a jerk.
  • Quietly she went up and knelt beside him, slipping her arm about his shoulder.
  • The prize at the top of a greasy pole which is continually slipping from one's grasp.
  • Then, very gently and cautiously, slipping one finger into the crevice, he drew the door toward him.
  • She had come to feel that the time was slipping between her fingers and that she must say something effective.
  • "Glad to hear it," said Roger, slipping his arm through Springer's. "Come on, let's walk over yonder to the fence.
  • "What?" asked Phronsie in intense interest slipping down out of Polly's arms, and crowding up close to Jasper's side.
  • "Oh, John, how late you are!" said Amelia, slipping out from the back parlour as he let himself in with his latch-key.
  • Binding the whole was a narrow porch, showing a floor polished like a mirror from the slipping and sliding of generations of feet.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Peter Jennings, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Butt plug, License CC BY-SA 4.0