Slip
English Meaning
To move along the surface of a thing without bounding, rolling, or stepping; to slide; to glide.
- To move smoothly, easily, and quietly: slipped into bed.
- To move stealthily; steal.
- To pass gradually, easily, or imperceptibly: "It is necessary to write, if the days are not to slip emptily by” ( Vita Sackville-West).
- To slide involuntarily and lose one's balance or foothold. See Synonyms at slide.
- To slide out of place; shift position: The gear slipped.
- To escape, as from a grasp, fastening, or restraint: slipped away from his pursuers.
- To decline from a former or standard level; fall off.
- To fall behind a scheduled production rate.
- To fall into fault or error. Often used with up.
- To cause to move in a smooth, easy, or sliding motion: slipped the bolt into place.
- To place or insert smoothly and quietly.
- To put on or remove (clothing) easily or quickly: slip on a sweater; slipped off her shoes.
- To get loose or free from; elude.
- To give birth to prematurely. Used of animals.
- To unleash or free (a dog or hawk) to pursue game.
- To release, loose, or unfasten: slip a knot.
- To dislocate (a bone).
- To pass (a knitting stitch) from one needle to another without knitting it.
- The act or an instance of slipping or sliding.
- An accident or mishap, especially a falling down.
- An error in conduct or thinking; a mistake.
- A slight error or oversight, as in speech or writing: a slip of the tongue.
- Nautical A docking place for a ship between two piers.
- Nautical A slipway.
- Nautical The difference between a vessel's actual speed through water and the speed at which the vessel would move if the screw were propelling against a solid.
- A woman's undergarment of dress length with shoulder straps.
- A half-slip.
- A pillowcase.
- Geology A smooth crack at which rock strata have moved on each other.
- Geology A small fault.
- Geology The relative displacement of formerly adjacent points on opposite sides of a fault.
- The difference between optimal and actual output in a mechanical device.
- Movement between two parts where none should exist, as between a pulley and a belt.
- A sideways movement of an airplane when banked too far.
- give (someone) the slip Slang To escape the pursuit of.
- let slip To say inadvertently.
- slip one over on Informal To hoodwink; trick.
- A part of a plant cut or broken off for grafting or planting; a scion or cutting.
- A long narrow piece; a strip.
- A slender youthful person: a slip of a child.
- A small piece of paper, especially a small form, document, or receipt: a deposit slip; a sales slip.
- A narrow pew in a church.
- To make a slip from (a plant or plant part).
- Thinned potter's clay used for decorating or coating ceramics.
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