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US
/ˈsɫɪp/
]
[ UK /slˈɪp/ ]
[ UK /slˈɪp/ ]
NOUN
- a place where a craft can be made fast
- a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting
- the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning)
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a slippery smoothness
he could feel the slickness of the tiller - a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.
- a woman's sleeveless undergarment
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bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow
the burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase - potter's clay that is thinned and used for coating or decorating ceramics
- an unexpected slide
- artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material
- a socially awkward or tactless act
- a flight maneuver; aircraft slides sideways in the air
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a small sheet of paper
a receipt slip
a withdrawal slip -
an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall
the jolt caused many slips and a few spills
he blamed his slip on the ice -
a young and slender person
he's a mere slip of a lad
VERB
-
move smoothly and easily
water slipped from the polished marble
the bolt slipped into place -
pass on stealthily
He slipped me the key when nobody was looking -
cause to move with a smooth or sliding motion
he slipped the bolt into place -
move easily
slip into something comfortable - to make a mistake or be incorrect
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move stealthily
The ship slipped away in the darkness - pass out of one's memory
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get worse
My grades are slipping -
insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly
He slipped some money into the waiter's hand -
move out of position
the artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically
dislocate joints -
move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
the wheels skidded against the sidewalk
How To Use slip In A Sentence
- In this edition, such mistakes are corrected, and the original errata slips are also published.
- 'When I was a little girl I used to slip away from my nurse, climb to the top of my uncle's keep and sit in the crenel spaces. The Falcons of Montabard
- Gwenhidwy likes to drink a lot, grain alcohol mostly, mixed in great strange mad-scientist concoctions with beef tea, grenadine, cough syrup, bitter belch-gathering infusions of blue scullcap, valerian root, motherwort and lady's-slipper, whatever's to hand really. Gravity's Rainbow
- It was a homey room, though a little too flowery for me, with prints of cabbage-size roses on the slipcovers and curtains. Dark Secrets 2: No Time to Die the Deep End of Fear
- With a full tank of fuel, the weight bias shifts rearwards slightly, which helps traction, as does the standard limited slip differential.
- Tough, stylish, and super comfy, this leather slip-on is the perfect after-sport snowshoe.
- He never complained, except when he occasionally slipped on muddy cobblestones.
- The side of Kilauea is constantly moving, generally slipping seaward at a rate of about 3 inches a year.
- My knife slips off the screw and with a grating screech marks the white surface of the machine.
- His foot slipped and he grasped at a piece of jutting tile and dragged himself back to safety.
