Definition of "slipknot" [slip•knot]

• A knot made with a loop so that it slips easily along the rope or cord around which it is tied. (noun)
• A knot made so that it can readily be untied by pulling one free end. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "A slipknot is the foundation stitch of a crocheted chain."
• "It begins by stating that all cast ons must begin with a slipknot, which is not true."
• "And write back with the resalts. and also so there was one "slipknot" song (from there new albem, i forget what song) but it sounded like it had some sort of messeage at the end, cuz even the instaments of the band sounded like it was backwards."