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| slip [ slip ] |
verb (past and past participle slipped, present participle slip·ping, 3rd person present singular slips) |
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1. transitive and intransitive verb move smoothly: to move smoothly and easily and usually with a sliding motion, or make something move in this way
  It slips easily in and out of its case.
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2. transitive and intransitive verb put on or take off: to put something on or take something off quickly and easily, or be put on or taken off in this way
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3. intransitive verb lose your footing: to lose your footing or grip on a slippery surface
I slipped and fell.
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4. intransitive verb move from proper position: to slide or move accidentally out of the proper or desired position
This strap keeps slipping off my shoulder.
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5. transitive and intransitive verb be forgotten: to escape from somebody's memory or mind and be forgotten or overlooked
It slipped my mind.
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6. intransitive verb go quietly: to go somewhere in a quiet, furtive, or unnoticed way
He slipped out while nobody was looking.
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7. transitive verb pass something secretly: to give somebody something furtively or secretly
I saw the man slip her an envelope.
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8. intransitive verb get worse: to decline from a previous standard, e.g. a standard of performance or awareness
He's slipping - two years ago he would have spotted that mistake at once.
She's in danger of slipping back into her bad old ways.
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9. transitive verb dislocate bone: to dislocate or displace a bone, especially in the spine
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10. transitive and intransitive verb release: to release an animal from a restraint, or be released in this way
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11. transitive and intransitive verb automotive disengage clutch: to disengage the clutch of a motor vehicle, or be disengaged
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12. intransitive verb mechanical engineering fail to engage: to fail to engage properly, usually because of wear
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refers to mechanical parts
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13. transitive verb nautical let restraining cable go: to release a line or cable that is securing a vessel to a mooring or anchor
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noun (plural slips) |
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1. act of slipping: an act of slipping, especially a sudden slide on a slippery surface
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2. error: a minor mistake, especially one caused by carelessness
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3. lapse: a moral lapse or an instance of misconduct
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4. cloth covering: a cloth covering for something
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5. dress undergarment: a light sleeveless woman's undergarment worn under a dress
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6. nautical ship berth: a place between two piers for a ship to dock
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7. nautical
Same as slipway
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8. crystallography deformation of crystal: the deformation of a metallic crystal by shearing along a plane
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9. aviation
Same as sideslipn (sense 2)
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| [13th century. Probably < Middle Dutch, Middle Low German slippen< Germanic] |
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give somebody the slip to get away from somebody who is pursuing you
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let slip
1. to say something without meaning to, or reveal something that should be kept secret
2. to allow somebody or something to escape
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slip one over on somebody to trick or deceive somebody (informal)
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