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SIDE-SLIP
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they side-slip ... he / she / it side-slips
Past simple: side-slipped
-ing form: side-slipping
Sense 1
Meaning:
Slide sideways through the air in a downward direction in an airplane along an inclined lateral axis
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "side-slip" is one way to...):
skid; slew; slide; slip; slue (move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s