Alternative form of there's many a slip twixt cup and lip

Alternative form of there's many a slip twixt cup and lip

Done poorly or too quickly; slapdash. / (obsolete) Wearing slippers or similarly open shoes.

simple past tense and past participle of slipstream

present participle of slipstream

plural of slipstream

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of slipstream

The low-pressure zone immediately following a rapidly moving object, caused by turbulence. / (figuratively, by extension) A generated advantage which makes forward movement easier.

To take advantage of the suction produced by a slipstream by travelling immediately behind the slipstream generator.

(informal) A slide rule.