slipping

• IPA^(key): /ˈslɪpɪŋ/
• Hyphenation: slip‧ping

slipping

1. present participle and gerund of slip

slipping (plural slippings)

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

   slippings and slidings

   • 1956 May, “Eliminating Slipping of Locomotives”, in Railway Magazine, page 280:

     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.

   • 1960 February, R. C. Riley, “The London-Birmingham services - Part, Present and Future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 105:

     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).

• lippings, sippling