sleep together
to have sexual relations
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sleep with
to have sexual relations with someone
sleeping at the switch
Failing to attend to one's responsibilities or duties
sleeping giant
A powerful entity that is currently inactive or dormant
sleeping partner
A partner in a trade, or shop, who lends his name and money, for which he receives a share of the profit, without doing any part of the business.
sleeping partner
A partner in a business who takes no active share in running it beyond supplying capital.
sleeping policeman
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
sleeping sickness
A West African disease caused by a parasite, Trypanosoma Gambiense, characterized by fever and great sleepiness, and usually terminating fatally. The disease known in England, which shows similar symptoms is usually called Sleeping illness or Sleepy sickness as a means of distinction; its scientific name is Encephalitis lethargica.
sleepless-hats
Those of a napless character, better known as WIDE-AWAKES.
sleepy
Much worn: the cloth of your coat must be extremely sleepy, for it has not had a nap this long time.
sleepy hollow
Any village far removed from the active concerns of the outside world. The name given in Washington Irving's Sketch Book to a quiet old-world village on the Hudson.
sleeveless errand
A task or mission that is futile or pointless
sleeves from one's vest
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
slender
A simple country gentleman.—Shakspeare.
slender reed
A fragile or unreliable source of support
slewed
Drunk, or intoxicated.—Sea term. When a vessel changes the tack, she, as it were, staggers, the sails flap, she gradually heels over, and the wind catching the waiting canvas, she glides off at another angle. The course pursued by an intoxicated, or SLEWED, man, is supposed to be analogous to that of the ship.
slice
To take a slice; to intrigue, particularly with a married woman, because a slice off a cut loaf is not missed.
slick
An Americanism, very prevalent in England since the publication of Judge Haliburton’s facetious stories, which means rapidly, effectually, utterly.
slick as snot
Very slick.
slick Rick
A person, usually a man, who is charming but untrustworthy
slide into the DMs
to send a direct message to someone, often in a flirtatious or casual manner
slide trumpet
penis
Sliding Scale
A scale of duties, prices, pay- ment, etc., which slides up and down as the article to which it refers becomes dearer or cheaper, or by which such payments accom- modate themselves to the fluctuations in other conditions previously named.
slim
Cocaine.
slime out
To kill.
sling
A drink peculiar to Americans, generally composed of gin, soda-water, ice, and slices of lemon. At some houses in London GIN-SLINGS may be obtained.
sling along
to walk or move with a relaxed, casual gait
sling off
to speak disrespectfully or insult someone
sling one's hook
to leave quickly or go away
sling out
To speak (some words, or a message); to write out and spread (something).
sling to
to throw or toss something
slings and arrows
Criticism or opposition
slip
"to give the SLIP," to run away, or elude pursuit. Shakspeare has, "You gave me the counterfeit," in Romeo and Juliet. Giving the SLIP, however, is a sea phrase, and refers to fastening an anchor and chain cable to a floating buoy, or water-cask, until a time arrives when it is convenient to return and take them on board. In fastening the cable, the home end is SLIPPED through the hawse-pipe. Weighing anchor is a noisy task, so that giving the SLIP infers leaving quietly.
slip and fall
to fall and injure oneself due to a slippery surface
slip and slide
to experience a series of setbacks or failures
slip into
to enter or become involved in something gradually or unnoticed
slip it to
to give or pass something secretly
slip of the keyboard
a typographical error
slip of the pen
A minor writing or typing error
slip of the tongue
An unintentional utterance, often revealing a truth or secret
slip one's wind
To die.
slip out
to leave quietly or secretly
slip someone's mind
To forget something or someone temporarily
slip the cable
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
slip through the cracks
To be overlooked or forgotten
slip up
Make a mistake or error
slippery as an eel
Very slippery or elusive
slippery chap
One on whom there can be no dependance, a shuffling fellow.
slipping
A trick of card-sharpers, in the performance of which, by dexterous manipulation, they place the cut card on the top, instead of at the bottom of the pack. It is the faire sauter la coupe of the French. In pugilistic parlance, "to SLIP a man," is to "duck and get away" with great dexterity.
slips
The sides of the gallery in a theatre are generally so called.
slipslopping
Misnaming and misapplying any hard word; from the character of Mrs. Slipslop, in Fielding's Joseph Andrews.
slipslops
Tea, water-gruel, or any innocent beverage taken medicinally.
slit someone's throat
to severely harm or destroy someone's reputation or chances
slog
To beat or baste, to fight. German, SCHLACHTEN; or perhaps from some connexion with the Gaelic SLOGAN. The pretended Greek derivation from σλογω is humbug, there being no such word in the language.
slogdollager
An Americanism, meaning the same as our STOCKDOLLAGER, which see.
sloggers
I.e., SLOW-GOERS, the second division of race-boats at Cambridge. At Oxford they are called TORPIDS.—University. A hard hitter at cricket is termed a SLOGGER; so is a pugilist.
sloot
A slut.
slop
Tea. How the blowens lush the slop. How the wenches drink tea!
slop
A policeman. At first back slang, but now modified for general use.
slop bowl
A container for leftover or discarded food
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