\Slip"shod`\, a. 1. Wearing shoes or slippers down at the heel. The shivering urchin bending as he goes, With slipshod heels. --Cowper. 2. Figuratively: Careless in dress, manners, style, etc.; slovenly; shuffling; as, slipshod manners; a slipshod or loose style of writing. Thy wit shall ne'er go slipshod. --Shak.