slip
Signification (English)
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- To lose one’s traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of friction.
- To err.
- To accidentally reveal a secret or otherwise say something unintentionally.
- To move or fly (out of place); to shoot; often with out, off, etc.
- To elude or evade by smooth movement.
- To pass (a note, money, etc.), often covertly.
- To cause to move smoothly and quickly; to slide; to convey gently or secretly.
- To move quickly and often secretively; to depart, withdraw, enter, appear, intrude, or escape as if by sliding.
- To move down; to slide.
- To release (a dog, a bird of prey, etc.) to go after a quarry.
- Clipping of sideslip (“to fly with the longitudinal axis misaligned with the relative wind”)..
- 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.
- (obsolete) To omit; to lose by negligence.
- To cut slips from; to cut; to take off; to make a slip or slips of.
- To cause to slip or slide off, or out of place.
- To bring forth (young) prematurely; to slink.
- To cause (a schedule or release, etc.) to go, or let it go, beyond the allotted deadline.
Concepts
se tromper
se glisser
être gluant
feuille de papier
se traîner
taie d’oreiller
se glisser rapidement
travail saboté
Solécisme
s'ébouler
lapsus calami
courir de-ci et de-là
faire passer
Synonyms
be slippery
lose one’s footing
pillow slip
miss one’s footing
pillow-case
drag along
slip one’s mind
trip-up
creep in
slip of paper
sneak away
sneak out
make a slip
snuggle up to
take a false step
give the slip
go into hiding
inner skirt
make mistake
move slowly
rub against
Serial Line Internet Protocol
slip and fall
slip on
slide into
tumble over
become loose
pillow-slip
lapse from
be covert
escape by stealth
lose balance
take a fall
stumle
half-slip
sliding motion
total displacement
mold wash
sliding movement
molding ink
unconscious mistake
skid to fail
twig cutting
olisthy olisthe
actual relative movement
half slip
side-scene
filing card
slide down
Fréquence
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/slɪp/
Étymologie (English)
In summary
From Middle English slippen, probably from Middle Low German slippen. Possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *slewbʰ- (“slip, slide”), or related to Proto-Germanic *slībaną (“to split”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian slipje (“to slip”), Dutch slippen (“to slip”), German Low German slippen, slupen (“to slip”), German schlüpfen (“to slip”).
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