Slipping

Definitions

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

Equivalents

Examples

“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).”

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