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slip

Pronunciation: /ˈslɪp/

The English word “slip” has 20 meanings listed here.

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

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.

Etymology

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…

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