What does slipping mean?
Slipping means present participle and gerund of slip.
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/ˈslɪpɪŋ/ · verb
present participle and gerund of slip.
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).
Use slipping when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Slipping means present participle and gerund of slip.
Common synonyms include slippery, slippy, slithering.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
slippings and slidings
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