A kind of knot made fast by catching part of the rope beneath the loop, released by pulling on the free end.
活节，活扣
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This morning, we had a short history class and later on in the day we had a seamanship class where we learned basic knots like the half hitch, slippery hitch, bowline and many more.
Demonstrate properly belaying a line to a cleat, coiling short and long lines, bowline, reef knot, slippery hitch and figure eight knots.
If you get real fancy, you can tie a slippery hitch in the halyard around the pennant.
Lanyards with slippery hitches secure the shank to the pulpit stanchion.
If the cable is of rope, take care that it is not made fast to the ring with a slippery hitch.
What I did was to tie a slippery hitch in the anchor rode and attach two warps to the loop in the rode by means of bowlines.
We used the slippery hitch for the falls on one boat I sailed on, but I can't remember why.