slip 1 (sl p)v. slipped, slip·ping, slips v.intr.1. a. To move smoothly, easily, and quietly: slipped into bed. b. To move stealthily; steal. 2. To pass gradually, easily, or imperceptibly: "It is necessary to write, if the days are not to slip emptily by" Vita Sackville-West. 3. a. To slide involuntarily and lose one's balance or foothold. See Synonyms at slide. b. To slide out of place; shift position: The gear slipped. 4. To escape, as from a grasp, fastening, or restraint: slipped away from his pursuers. 5. To decline from a former or standard level; fall off. 6. To fall behind a scheduled production rate. 7. To fall into fault or error. Often used with up. v.tr.1. To cause to move in a smooth, easy, or sliding motion: slipped the bolt into place. 2. To place or insert smoothly and quietly. 3. To put on or remove (clothing) easily or quickly: slip on a sweater; slipped off her shoes. 4. To get loose or free from; elude. 5. To give birth to prematurely. Used of animals. 6. To unleash or free (a dog or hawk) to pursue game. 7. To release, loose, or unfasten: slip a knot. 8. To dislocate (a bone). 9. To pass (a knitting stitch) from one needle to another without knitting it. n.1. The act or an instance of slipping or sliding. 2. An accident or mishap, especially a falling down. 3. a. An error in conduct or thinking; a mistake. b. A slight error or oversight, as in speech or writing: a slip of the tongue. 4. Nautical a. A docking place for a ship between two piers. b. A slipway. 5. Nautical The difference between a vessel's actual speed through water and the speed at which the vessel would move if the screw were propelling against a solid. 6. a. A woman's undergarment of dress length with shoulder straps. b. A half-slip. 7. A pillowcase. 8. Geology a. A smooth crack at which rock strata have moved on each other. b. A small fault. c. The relative displacement of formerly adjacent points on opposite sides of a fault. 9. The difference between optimal and actual output in a mechanical device. 10. Movement between two parts where none should exist, as between a pulley and a belt. 11. A sideways movement of an airplane when banked too far. Idioms: give (someone) the slip Slang To escape the pursuit of. let slip To say inadvertently. slip one over on Informal To hoodwink; trick.
[Middle English slippen, probably of Middle Low German or Middle Dutch origin; see lei- in Indo-European roots.] |
slip 2 (slp)n.1. A part of a plant cut or broken off for grafting or planting; a scion or cutting. 2. A long narrow piece; a strip. 3. A slender youthful person: a slip of a child. 4. A small piece of paper, especially a small form, document, or receipt: a deposit slip; a sales slip. 5. A narrow pew in a church. tr.v. slipped, slip·ping, slips To make a slip from (a plant or plant part).
[Probably from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch slippe.] |
slip 3 (slp)n. Thinned potter's clay used for decorating or coating ceramics.
[Middle English, slime, from Old English slypa; see sleubh- in Indo-European roots.] |
slip 1 Verb [slipping, slipped] 1. to lose balance and slide unexpectedly: he slipped on some leaves 2. to let loose or be let loose: the rope slipped from his fingers 3. to move smoothly and easily: small enough to slip into a pocket 4. to place quickly or stealthily: he slipped the pistol back into his holster 5. to put on or take off easily or quickly: we had slipped off our sandals 6. to pass out of (the mind or memory) 7. to move or pass quickly and without being noticed: we slipped out of the ballroom 8. to make a mistake 9. to decline in health or mental ability 10. to become worse or lower: sales had slipped below the level for June of last year 11. to dislocate (a disc in the spine) 12. to pass (a stitch) from one needle to another without knitting it 13. let slip a. to allow to escape b. to say unintentionally Noun 1. a slipping 2. a mistake or oversight: one slip in concentration that cost us the game 3. a woman's sleeveless undergarment, worn under a dress 5. Cricket a fielding position a little behind and to the offside of the wicketkeeper 6. give someone the slip to escape from someone See also slip up [Middle Low German or Dutch slippen]
slip 2 Noun 1. a small piece of paper: the registration slip 2. a cutting taken from a plant 3. a young slim person: a slip of a girl [probably Middle Low German, Middle Dutch slippe to cut]
slip 3 Noun clay mixed with water to a thin paste, used for decorating or patching a ceramic piece [Old English slyppe slime]
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms | Noun | 1. |  slip - a socially awkward or tactless actblooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, fuckup, pratfall, bloomer - an embarrassing mistake | | 2. | slip - a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.error, fault, mistake - a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention; "he made a bad mistake"; "she was quick to point out my errors"; "I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults" Freudian slip - a slip-up that (according to Sigmund Freud) results from the operation of unconscious wishes or conflicts and can reveal unconscious processes in normal healthy individuals | | 3. | slip - potter's clay that is thinned and used for coating or decorating ceramics | | 4. | slip - a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or graftingquickset - cuttings of plants set in the ground to grow as hawthorn for hedges or vines; "a quickset of a vine planted in a vineyard" stalk, stem - a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ | | 5. | slip - a young and slender person; "he's a mere slip of a lad" | | 6. |  slip - a place where a craft can be made fast | | 7. |  slip - an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall; "he blamed his slip on the ice"; "the jolt caused many slips and a few spills"fall, tumble, spill - a sudden drop from an upright position; "he had a nasty spill on the ice" | | 8. |  slip - a slippery smoothness; "he could feel the slickness of the tiller"smoothness - a texture without roughness; smooth to the touch; "admiring the slim smoothness of her thighs"; "some artists prefer the smoothness of a board" | | 9. | slip - artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of materialband - a thin flat strip of flexible material that is worn around the body or one of the limbs (especially to decorate the body) ring, band - a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration) band - a thin flat strip or loop of flexible material that goes around or over something else, typically to hold it together or as a decoration cramp iron, cramp - a strip of metal with ends bent at right angles; used to hold masonry together reef - one of several strips across a sail that can be taken in or rolled up to lessen the area of the sail that is exposed to the wind leading, lead - thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in printing mullion - a nonstructural vertical strip between the casements or panes of a window (or the panels of a screen) screed - an accurately levelled strip of material placed on a wall or floor as guide for the even application of plaster or concrete stay - a thin strip of metal or bone that is used to stiffen a garment (e.g. a corset) tab - a short strip of material attached to or projecting from something in order to facilitate opening or identifying or handling it; "pull the tab to open the can"; "files with a red tab will be stored separately"; "the collar has a tab with a button hole"; "the filing cards were organized by cards having indexed tabs" tape - a long thin piece of cloth or paper as used for binding or fastening; "he used a piece of tape for a belt"; "he wrapped a tape around the package" | | 10. | slip - a small sheet of paper; "a receipt slip" | | 11. |  slip - a woman's sleeveless undergarment | | 12. | slip - bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow; "the burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase"bed linen - linen or cotton articles for a bed (as sheets and pillowcases) | | 13. | slip - an unexpected slideglide, coast, slide - the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it; "his slide didn't stop until the bottom of the hill"; "the children lined up for a coast down the snowy slope" | | 14. | slip - a flight maneuver; aircraft slides sideways in the air | | 15. | slip - the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning)evasion - the act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit maneuver | | Verb | 1. | slip - move stealthily; "The ship slipped away in the darkness"move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" | | 2. | slip - insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly; "He slipped some money into the waiter's hand" | | 3. | slip - move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner; "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk"submarine - move forward or under in a sliding motion; "The child was injured when he submarined under the safety belt of the car" skid - slide without control; "the car skidded in the curve on the wet road" side-slip - slide sideways through the air in a downward direction in an airplane along an inclined lateral axis glide - move smoothly and effortlessly | | 4. | slip - get worse; "My grades are slipping"backslide, lapse - drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards | | 5. | slip - move smoothly and easily; "the bolt slipped into place"; "water slipped from the polished marble" | | 6. | slip - to make a mistake or be incorrectmisremember - remember incorrectly; "I misremembered the date" fall for - be deceived, duped, or entrapped by; "He fell for her charms"; "He fell for the con man's story" | | 7. | slip - pass on stealthily; "He slipped me the key when nobody was looking"hand, pass on, turn over, pass, reach, give - place into the hands or custody of; "hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers" | | 8. | slip - move easily; "slip into something comfortable"move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" | | 9. | slip - cause to move with a smooth or sliding motion; "he slipped the bolt into place"move, displace - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" | | 10. | slip - pass out of one's memory | | 11. | slip - move out of position; "dislocate joints"; "the artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically"move, displace - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" |
slip 1 noun 4. mistake, failure, error, blunder, lapse, omission, boob Brit. ( slang) oversight, slip-up ( informal) indiscretion, bloomer Brit. ( informal) faux pas, slip of the tongue, imprudence, barry or Barry Crocker Austral. ( slang) give someone the slip escape from, get away from, evade, shake (someone) off, elude, lose (someone), flee, dodge, outwit, slip through someone's fingers let something slip give away, reveal, disclose, divulge, leak, come out with ( informal) let out ( informal) blurt out, let the cat out of the bag
slip 2  Translations slip [slɪp] n (= slide) → resbalón m (= mistake); descuido (= underskirt); combinación f [ of paper] → papelitovi (= slide) → deslizarse (= stumble); resbalar(se) (= decline); decaer (= move smoothly): to slip into/out of [+ room etc] → colarse en/salirse de; to slip sth on/off → ponerse/quitarse algo; it slipped from her hand → se la cayó de la mano; a slip of the tongue → un lapsusvi → meterse, colarse slip out vi (= go out) → salir (un momento)
 slip [slɪp] n → faux pas (= mistake); erreur f, bévue f (= underskirt); combinaison f [ of paper]; petite feuille, fiche fit slipped from her hand → cela lui a glissé des mains; a slip of the tongue → un lapsus
 slip [slɪp] n ( fall) → Ausrutschen nt; (also: slip of paper) → Zettel mto slip into/out of sth, to slip sth on/off → in etw acc/aus etw schlüpfen; slip away slip vi → sich davonschleichen
 slip [slɪp] n → scivolata, scivolone m (= mistake); errore m; sbaglio (= underskirt); sottoveste f (= paper); bigliettino, talloncinoa slip of the tongue → un lapsus linguae; to slip sth on/off → infilarsi/togliersi qc; it slipped from her hand → le sfuggì di mano
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