landslide

[land-slahyd]

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noun Also called, especially British, land·slip [land-slip] /ˈlændˌslɪp/ (for defs 1, 2).

the downward falling or sliding of a mass of soil, detritus, or rock on or from a steep slope.

the mass itself.

an election in which a particular victorious candidate or party receives an overwhelming mass or majority of votes: the 1936 landslide for Roosevelt.

any overwhelming victory: She won the contest by a landslide.

verb (used without object), land·slid, land·slid or land·slid·den, land·slid·ing.

to come down in or as in a landslide.

to win an election by an overwhelming majority.

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Origin of landslide

An Americanism dating back to 1830–40; land + slide

Can be confusedavalanche landslide

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Examples from the Web for landslip

Beyond that a chaos of fallen rocks—the remains of a landslip many years previously—stretched away to the shore.
One of the 28th|G. A. Henty
On one occasion a landslip imprisoned a number of miners in their workings.
The Valleys of Tirol|R. H. Busk
We don't want to sit staring down the Landslip till they arrive.
The Girls of St. Olave's|Mabel Mackintosh
From Lyme to Seaton by the Landslip is barely seven miles; by rail it is fifteen, involving two changes.
Wanderings in Wessex|Edric Holmes

Meanwhile the shovel had struck on a layer of stones, the remains of some past landslip, since buried under flowering earth.
A Loose End and Other Stories|S. Elizabeth Hall

British Dictionary definitions for landslip

landslide

noun

Also called: landslip

the sliding of a large mass of rock material, soil, etc, down the side of a mountain or cliff
the material dislodged in this way

an overwhelming electoral victory
(as modifier)a landslide win

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Word Origin and History for landslip

landslip

1670s, from land (n.) + slip (n.).

landslide

1856, American English, from land (n.) + slide (n.). Earlier was landslip, still preferred in Britain. Old English used eorðgebyrst in this sense; literally "earth-burst." In the political sense, landslide "lopsided electoral victory" is attested from 1888.

Science definitions for landslip

landslide

[lănd′slīd′]

The rapid downward sliding of a mass of earth and rock. Landslides usually move over a confined area. Many kinds of events can trigger a landslide, such as the oversteepening of slopes by erosion associated with rivers, glaciers, or ocean waves; heavy snowmelt which saturates soil and rock; or earthquakes that lead to the failure of weak slopes.

The mass of soil and rock that moves in this way.

landslide

noun Also called, especially British, land·slip [land-slip] /ˈlændˌslɪp/ (for defs 1, 2).

verb (used without object), land·slid, land·slid or land·slid·den, land·slid·ing.

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