Definition of "slips" []

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of slip. (verb)
• Plural form of slip. (noun)
• The area of the field covered by fielders in the slip positions; the slip fielders collectively (noun)

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• "I roll back my left sleeve until a label slips into view."
• "As we look into fiscal '10, I only hope that we are as accurate as we have been on our title slips or non-title slips, the quality of our games, the windows that we hit and the market share that we achieve because we nailed it, with almost perfect accuracy in' 09."
• "Bordeaux as the champions 'quest to defend their title slips further from their reach."