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overslipping

overslipping is the present participle and gerund of overslip.

Meaning of overslip

Verb

overslip (third-person singular simple present overslips, present participle overslipping, simple past and past participle overslipped)

  1. (transitive) To slip or slide over; to pass easily or carelessly beyond.
  2. (transitive) To omit or neglect, to fail to mention.
    • to overslip time or opportunity

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Questions about overslipping

What is overslipping the present participle and gerund of?
Overslipping is the present participle and gerund of overslip.

Words near overslipping in the dictionary

  1. overslides
  2. oversliding
  3. overslight
  4. overslip
  5. overslipped
  6. overslipping
  7. overslips
  8. overslipt
  9. overslop
  10. overslops
  11. overslow

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Adapted from Wiktionary: overslipping (page history and authors); overslip (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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