Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: 1  Slip(noun) to move along the surface of a thing without bounding, rolling, or stepping; to slide; to glide. 2  Slip(noun) to slide; to lose one's footing or one's hold; not to tread firmly; as, it is necessary to walk carefully lest the foot should slip.
The riser (the centre section of the bow) is generally separate and is constructed from wood, carbon, aluminium alloy or magnesium alloy. The term 'riser' is used because, in a one-piece bow, the centre section rises from the limbs in a taper to spread the stress.
1 The chain tension of a chainsaw may be adjusted with a chain tensioner.  A marine riser tensioner is a device used on an offshore drilling vessel which provides a near constant upward force on the drilling riser independent of the movement of the floating drill vessel.