slip

Meaning

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.
13. (obsolete) To omit; to lose by negligence.
14. To cut slips from; to cut; to take off; to make a slip or slips of.
15. To cause to slip or slide off, or out of place.
16. To bring forth (young) prematurely; to slink.
17. To cause (a schedule or release, etc.) to go, or let it go, beyond the allotted deadline.

slide

glide

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

lapsus calami

lie low

make mistake

move along

move slowly

rub against

Serial Line Internet Protocol

slip and fall

slip on

take a tumble

slide into

tumble over

become loose

underdress

pillow-slip

lapse from

be covert

escape by stealth

lose balance

take a fall

stumle

half-slip

subluxate

sliding motion

total displacement

mold wash

sliding movement

barbotine

molding ink

unconscious mistake

skid to fail

twig cutting

olisthy olisthe

actual relative movement

half slip

side-scene

filing card

slide down

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/slɪp/

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”).