slip
/ˈslɪp/ noun C2- An act or instance of slipping. · I had a slip on the ice and bruised my hip.
- 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.
- A slipdress.
- A mistake or error. · a slip of the tongue
- A berth; a space for a ship to moor.
- A difference between the theoretical distance traveled per revolution of the propeller and the actual advance of the vessel.
- A slipway.
- A one-time return to previous maladaptive behavior after cure.
Plural slips
Phrasal verbs and expressions
- slip away To leave without being noticed.
- slip back To return to a previous habit
- slip by To pass without being noticed or intercepted.
- slip down To be easily imbibed; to be easy to drink.
- slip in To include (e.g. a certain word or phrase) into a sentenc...
- slip into To put on some clothes rapidly.
- slip off To leave a place, or a meeting, without being noticed
- slip out To leave quietly and unnoticed.
- slip through To get past an inspection or procedure without any issue.
- slip up To err, falter; to make a mistake, especially a seemingly...
From the library
The Wicked Witch then made the axe slip and cut off my head, and at first I thought that was the end of me.
Or could the chief have given West the slip in the fog, and West started at once to London to head him off from his own rooms, presuming that he knew where the rooms were?
“It’s pretty maddening to think that an important secret may lie here on this slip of paper, and that it is beyond human power to penetrate it.”
She thought of a new way to kill my love for the beautiful Munchkin maiden, and made my axe slip again, so that it cut right through my body, splitting me into two halves.
Other matches
- slip To lose one’s traction on a slippery surface B1
- slip A thin, slippery mix of clay and water. B1
- slip A twig or shoot C2
- slip away To leave without being noticed.
- slip back To return to a previous habit
- slip by To pass without being noticed or intercepted.
- slip down To be easily imbibed
- slip in To include
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