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.
Hunters that have a 4-inch rubber âstabilizerâ on their bow do not have a stabilizer at all. They may have a noise/vibration dampener, but they do not have a stabilizer. If you want a stabilizer that is going to do its job â stabilization â then you have to have length and mass weight.