The difference between Slide and Slippery dip
When used as nouns, slide means an item of play equipment that children can climb up and then slide down again, whereas slippery dip means an item of play equipment that children can climb up and then slide down again.
Slide is also verb with the meaning: to (cause to) move in continuous contact with a surface.
check bellow for the other definitions of Slide and Slippery dip
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Slide as a verb (ergative):
To (cause to) move in continuous contact with a surface
Examples:
"He slid the boat across the grass."
"The safe slid slowly."
"Snow slides down the side of a mountain."
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Slide as a verb (intransitive):
To move on a low-friction surface.
Examples:
"The car slid on the ice."
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Slide as a verb (intransitive, baseball):
To drop down and skid into a base.
Examples:
"Jones slid into second."
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Slide as a verb (intransitive):
To lose one's balance on a slippery surface.
Examples:
"He slid while going around the corner."
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Slide as a verb (transitive):
To pass or put imperceptibly; to slip.
Examples:
"to slide in a word to vary the sense of a question"
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Slide as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):
To pass inadvertently.
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Slide as a verb (intransitive):
To pass along smoothly or unobservedly; to move gently onward without friction or hindrance.
Examples:
"A ship or boat slides through the water."
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Slide as a verb (music):
To pass from one note to another with no perceptible cessation of sound.
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Slide as a verb:
To pass out of one's thought as not being of any consequence.
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Slide as a noun:
An item of play equipment that children can climb up and then slide down again.
Examples:
"The long, red slide was great fun for the kids."
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Slide as a noun:
A surface of ice, snow, butter, etc. on which someone can slide for amusement or as a practical joke.
Examples:
"rfquotek Charles Dickens"
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Slide as a noun:
The falling of large amounts of rubble, earth and stones down the slope of a hill or mountain; avalanche.
Examples:
"The slide closed the highway."
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Slide as a noun:
An inclined plane on which heavy bodies slide by the force of gravity, especially one constructed on a mountainside for conveying logs by sliding them down.
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Slide as a noun:
A mechanism consisting of a part which slides on or against a guide.
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Slide as a noun:
The act of sliding; smooth, even passage or progress.
Examples:
"a slide on the ice"
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Slide as a noun:
A lever that can be moved in two directions.
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Slide as a noun:
A valve that works by sliding, such as in a trombone.
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Slide as a noun (photography):
A transparent plate bearing an image to be projected to a screen.
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Slide as a noun (by extension, computing):
A page of a computer presentation package such as PowerPoint.
Examples:
"I still need to prepare some slides for my presentation tomorrow."
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Slide as a noun (sciences):
A flat, usually rectangular piece of glass or similar material on which a prepared sample may be viewed through a microscope Generally referred to as a microscope slide.
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Slide as a noun (baseball):
The act of dropping down and skidding into a base
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Slide as a noun (music, guitar):
A hand-held device made of smooth, hard material, used in the practice of slide guitar.
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Slide as a noun (traditional Irish music and, _, dance):
A lively dance from County Kerry, in 12/8 time.
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Slide as a noun (geology):
A small dislocation in beds of rock along a line of fissure.
Examples:
"rfquotek Dana"
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Slide as a noun (music):
A grace consisting of two or more small notes moving by conjoint degrees, and leading to a principal note either above or below.
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Slide as a noun (phonetics):
A sound which, by a gradual change in the position of the vocal organs, passes imperceptibly into another sound.
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Slide as a noun:
A clasp or brooch for a belt, etc.
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Slide as a noun (footwear):
A shoe that is backless and open-toed.
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Slide as a noun (speech therapy):
A voluntary stutter used as a technique to control stuttering in one's speech.
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Slippery dip as a noun (Australia):
An item of play equipment that children can climb up and then slide down again.