What part of speech is slipping?

Slipping can be categorized as a verb and an adjective.

Parts of speech

Adjective
slipping - moving as on a slippery surface; "his slipping and slithering progress over the ice"
Verb
slip - get worse; "My grades are slipping"
slip - move smoothly and easily; "the bolt slipped into place"; "water slipped from the polished marble"
slip - pass out of one's memory
slip - cause to move with a smooth or sliding motion; "he slipped the bolt into place"
slip - insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly; "He slipped some money into the waiter's hand"
slip - move easily; "slip into something comfortable"
slip - pass on stealthily; "He slipped me the key when nobody was looking"
slip - to make a mistake or be incorrect
slip - move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner; "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk"
slip - move stealthily; "The ship slipped away in the darkness"
slip - move out of position; "dislocate joints"; "the artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically"
Noun
slipping - The act of something that slips; a slip; a skidding or sudden loosening motion.

#		Sentence
1.	adj.	His slipping and slithering progress over the ice.
2.	verb	Am I slipping?
3.	verb	The sales are slipping.
4.	verb	Oh, that's a secret, OK? Because slipping out of the dorm in the night is severely punished.
5.	verb	My glasses keep slipping down my nose.
6.	verb	Tom's grades have been slipping, so he really needs to hit the books.
7.	verb	Avoid the danger of slipping on the ice.
8.	verb	Your grades are slipping.
9.	verb	The wolf peered around the corner before slipping silently into the woods.
10.	verb	Was there ever a wider or more loving conspiracy than that which keeps the venerable figure of Santa Claus from slipping away, with all the other oldtime myths, into the forsaken wonderland of the past?
11.	verb	Wear boots to avoid slipping.
12.	verb	German trauma surgeons recommend that people walk like penguins to avoid slipping on ice.
13.	verb	Tom almost broke his butt slipping in the bathtub.
14.	verb	I gradually became aware that my wife had dressed herself and was slipping on her mantle and her bonnet.
15.	verb	Sami's grades have been slipping.
16.	verb	Layla felt her hijab slipping.
17.	noun	He blamed his slip on the ice.
18.	noun	A receipt slip.
19.	noun	He's a mere slip of a lad.

Sentence
adj.
His slipping and slithering progress over the ice.
verb
Am I slipping?
The sales are slipping.
Oh, that's a secret, OK? Because slipping out of the dorm in the night is severely punished.
My glasses keep slipping down my nose.
Tom's grades have been slipping, so he really needs to hit the books.
Avoid the danger of slipping on the ice.
Your grades are slipping.
The wolf peered around the corner before slipping silently into the woods.
Was there ever a wider or more loving conspiracy than that which keeps the venerable figure of Santa Claus from slipping away, with all the other oldtime myths, into the forsaken wonderland of the past?
Wear boots to avoid slipping.
German trauma surgeons recommend that people walk like penguins to avoid slipping on ice.
Tom almost broke his butt slipping in the bathtub.
I gradually became aware that my wife had dressed herself and was slipping on her mantle and her bonnet.
Sami's grades have been slipping.
Layla felt her hijab slipping.
noun
He blamed his slip on the ice.
A receipt slip.
He's a mere slip of a lad.

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