English Explanatory Dictionary

slip

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To lose one’s traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of friction.
  2. To err.
  3. To accidentally reveal a secret or otherwise say something unintentionally.
  4. To move or fly (out of place); to shoot; often with out, off, etc.
  5. To elude or evade by smooth movement.
  6. To pass (a note, money, etc.), often covertly.
  7. To cause to move smoothly and quickly; to slide; to convey gently or secretly.
  8. To move quickly and often secretively; to depart, withdraw, enter, appear, intrude, or escape as if by sliding.
  9. To move down; to slide.
  10. To release (a dog, a bird of prey, etc.) to go after a quarry.
  11. Clipping of sideslip (“to fly with the longitudinal axis misaligned with the relative wind”).
  12. To remove the skin of a soft fruit, such as a tomato or peach, by blanching briefly in boiling water, then transferring to cold water so that the skin peels, or slips, off easily.
noun
  1. An act or instance of slipping.
  2. A woman's undergarment worn under a skirt or dress to conceal unwanted nudity that may otherwise be revealed by the skirt or dress itself; a shift.
  3. A slipdress.
  4. A mistake or error.
  5. A berth; a space for a ship to moor.
  6. A difference between the theoretical distance traveled per revolution of the propeller and the actual advance of the vessel.
  7. A slipway.
  8. A one-time return to previous maladaptive behavior after cure.
  9. Any of several fielding positions to the off side of the wicket keeper, designed to catch the ball after being deflected from the bat; a fielder in that position (See first slip, second slip, third slip, fourth slip and fifth slip.)
  10. A number between 0 and 1 that is the difference between the angular speed of a rotating magnetic field and the angular speed of its rotor, divided by the angular speed of the magnetic field.
  11. A leash or string by which a dog is held; so called from its being made in such a manner as to slip, or become loose, by relaxation of the hand.
  12. An escape; a secret or unexpected desertion.
noun
  1. A twig or shoot; a cutting.
  2. A descendant, a scion.
  3. A young person (now usually with of introducing descriptive qualifier).
  4. A long, thin piece of something.
  5. A small piece of paper, especially one longer than it is wide, typically a form for writing on or one giving printed information.
  6. A memorandum of the particulars of a risk for which a policy is to be executed. It usually bears the broker's name and is initiated by the underwriters.
noun
  1. A thin, slippery mix of clay and water.
  2. Mud, slime.

Pronunciation

slĭp /slɪp/ en-us-slip.ogg en-au-slip.ogg

Word forms

slip slips slipping slipped slipt

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *slippjander. Old Saxon *slippiander. Middle Low German slippender.? Middle English slippen English slip From Middle English slippen, probably from Middle Low German slippen, from Old Saxon *slippian, from Proto-West Germanic *slippjan, from Proto-Germanic *slipjaną (“to glide”), an iterative form of *slīpaną (“to slip, slide”), from Proto-Indo-European *sleyb- (“slimy; to slide”). Possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *slewbʰ- (“slip, slide”), or related to Proto-Germanic *slībaną (“to split”); related to Old English slipor (“slippery”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian slipje (“to slip”), Dutch slippen (“to slip”), German Low German slippen.

Synonyms

slink blooper blunder boo-boo defect error fault faux pas fluff gaffe lapse mistake stumble thinko

Derived words

afterslip Albany slip antislip anti-slip atslip bank slip blue slip brick slip buck slip cover slip coverslip fly slip forslip forward slip Freudian slip give someone the slip green slip gymslip half slip incontinence slip landslip leg slip let slip let something slip limited-slip differential line slip long-slip mag slip mag-slip microslip mouse slip nip-slip nip slip non-slip nonslip off-slip on-slip outslip overslip overslop pay-in slip permission slip pillowslip playslip psychological slip route slip routing slip sideslip side-slip slip-and-slide slip and slide slip away slip back slipboard slip box slip by slip-case slipcase slip case slipcasting

Translations

Bulgarian: изплъзвам се Finnish: lipsua German: herausrutschen German: den Bach runtergehen German: bergab gehen German: abrutschen Māori: horopū Māori: horo Māori: mahuhu Māori: paheke Māori: tupuheke Thai: หลุดออก Czech: zhoršit French: empirer Italian: calare Italian: peggiorare Italian: crollare Romanian: o lua la vale
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