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unslipping

unslipping adjective: that does not slip. Also the present participle and gerund of unslip.

Adjective

unslipping (not comparable)

  1. That does not slip.
    • To make you brothers, and to knit your hearts
      With an unslipping knot, take Anthony
      Octavia to his wife, whose beauty claims
      No worse a husband than the best of men.c. 1607, William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra

Also used as

unslipping is also the present participle and gerund of unslip.

Origin of unslipping

From un- + slipping.

Questions about unslipping

What does unslipping mean?
Unslipping means that does not slip.
What part of speech is unslipping?
Unslipping is an adjective.

Words near unslipping in the dictionary

  1. unslings
  2. unslip
  3. unslipped
  4. unslippered
  5. unslippery
  6. unslipping
  7. unslips
  8. unslit
  9. unslitted
  10. unslockened
  11. unsloped

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