slip
♦♦ slip /sl'ɪp/ (slips slipping slipped)
1 [VERB] V, V
If you slip, you accidentally slide and lose your balance.
He had slipped on an icy pavement...
Be careful not to slip.
2 [VERB] V, V prep/adv
If something slips, it slides out of place or out of your hand.
His glasses had slipped...
The hammer slipped out of her grasp.
3 [VERB] V adv/prep
If you slip somewhere, you go there quickly and quietly.
Amy slipped downstairs and out of the house...
4 [VERB] V n prep, V n with adv
If you slip something somewhere, you put it there quickly in a way that does not attract attention.
I slipped a note under Louise's door...
Just slip in a piece of paper.
5 [VERB] V n n, V n to n
If you slip something to someone, you give it to them secretly.
Robert had slipped her a note in school...
She looked round before pulling out a package and slipping it to the man.
6 [VERB] V into n
To slip into a particular state or situation means to pass gradually into it, in a way that is hardly noticed.
It amazed him how easily one could slip into a routine...
= slide
7 [VERB] V to/from/by amount/n, V amount, V
If something slips to a lower level or standard, it falls to that level or standard.
Shares slipped to 117p...
In June, producer prices slipped 0.1% from May...
Overall business activity is slipping.
[N-SING] oft N in n
Slip is also a noun.
...a slip in consumer confidence.
8 [VERB] V into/out of n, V n with on/off
If you slip into or out of clothes or shoes, you put them on or take them off quickly and easily.
She slipped out of the jacket and tossed it on the couch...
I slipped off my woollen gloves.
9 [N-COUNT]
A slip is a small or unimportant mistake.
We must be well prepared, there must be no slips.
10 [N-COUNT] oft N of n
A slip of paper is a small piece of paper.
...little slips of paper he had torn from a notebook...
I put her name on the slip.
11 [N-COUNT]
A slip is a thin piece of clothing that a woman wears under her dress or skirt.
12
see also Freudian slip
13 [PHRASE] V inflects
If you give someone the slip, you escape from them when they are following you or watching you. (INFORMAL)
He gave reporters the slip by leaving at midnight.
14 [PHRASE] let inflects
If you let slip information, you accidentally tell it to someone, when you wanted to keep it secret.
I bet he let slip that I'd gone to America.
15 [PHRASE] V and N inflect
If something slips your mind, you forget about it.
The reason for my visit had obviously slipped his mind.
16
to slip through your fingers: see finger
slip of the tongue: see tonguecred|it slip (credit slips)
[N-COUNT]
A credit slip is the same as a credit note. (AM)Freud|ian slip (Freudian slips)
[N-COUNT]
If someone accidentally says something that reveals their subconscious feelings, especially their sexual feelings, this is referred to as a Freudian slip.pil|low slip (pillow slips)
[N-COUNT]
A pillow slip is the same as a pillowcase.sales slip (sales slips)
[N-COUNT]
A sales slip is a piece of paper that you are given when you buy something in a shop, which shows when you bought it and how much you paid. (AM; in BRIT, use receipt)slip in
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron)
If you slip in a question or comment, you ask or make it without interrupting the flow of the conversation.
Slip in a few questions about other things...slip road (slip roads)
[N-COUNT]
A slip road is a road which cars use to drive on and off a motorway. (BRIT; in AM, use entrance ramp, exit ramp)slip through
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n, V P
If something slips through a set of checks or rules, it is accepted when in fact it should not be.
...hardened trouble-makers who have slipped through the security checks...
The slightest little bit of inattention can let something slip through.slip up
[PHRASAL VERB] V P
If you slip up, you make a small or unimportant mistake.
There were occasions when we slipped up...
see also slip-up
1 [VERB] V, V
If you slip, you accidentally slide and lose your balance.
He had slipped on an icy pavement...
Be careful not to slip.
2 [VERB] V, V prep/adv
If something slips, it slides out of place or out of your hand.
His glasses had slipped...
The hammer slipped out of her grasp.
3 [VERB] V adv/prep
If you slip somewhere, you go there quickly and quietly.
Amy slipped downstairs and out of the house...
4 [VERB] V n prep, V n with adv
If you slip something somewhere, you put it there quickly in a way that does not attract attention.
I slipped a note under Louise's door...
Just slip in a piece of paper.
5 [VERB] V n n, V n to n
If you slip something to someone, you give it to them secretly.
Robert had slipped her a note in school...
She looked round before pulling out a package and slipping it to the man.
6 [VERB] V into n
To slip into a particular state or situation means to pass gradually into it, in a way that is hardly noticed.
It amazed him how easily one could slip into a routine...
= slide
7 [VERB] V to/from/by amount/n, V amount, V
If something slips to a lower level or standard, it falls to that level or standard.
Shares slipped to 117p...
In June, producer prices slipped 0.1% from May...
Overall business activity is slipping.
[N-SING] oft N in n
Slip is also a noun.
...a slip in consumer confidence.
8 [VERB] V into/out of n, V n with on/off
If you slip into or out of clothes or shoes, you put them on or take them off quickly and easily.
She slipped out of the jacket and tossed it on the couch...
I slipped off my woollen gloves.
9 [N-COUNT]
A slip is a small or unimportant mistake.
We must be well prepared, there must be no slips.
10 [N-COUNT] oft N of n
A slip of paper is a small piece of paper.
...little slips of paper he had torn from a notebook...
I put her name on the slip.
11 [N-COUNT]
A slip is a thin piece of clothing that a woman wears under her dress or skirt.
12
see also Freudian slip
13 [PHRASE] V inflects
If you give someone the slip, you escape from them when they are following you or watching you. (INFORMAL)
He gave reporters the slip by leaving at midnight.
14 [PHRASE] let inflects
If you let slip information, you accidentally tell it to someone, when you wanted to keep it secret.
I bet he let slip that I'd gone to America.
15 [PHRASE] V and N inflect
If something slips your mind, you forget about it.
The reason for my visit had obviously slipped his mind.
16
to slip through your fingers: see finger
slip of the tongue: see tonguecred|it slip (credit slips)
[N-COUNT]
A credit slip is the same as a credit note. (AM)Freud|ian slip (Freudian slips)
[N-COUNT]
If someone accidentally says something that reveals their subconscious feelings, especially their sexual feelings, this is referred to as a Freudian slip.pil|low slip (pillow slips)
[N-COUNT]
A pillow slip is the same as a pillowcase.sales slip (sales slips)
[N-COUNT]
A sales slip is a piece of paper that you are given when you buy something in a shop, which shows when you bought it and how much you paid. (AM; in BRIT, use receipt)slip in
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron)
If you slip in a question or comment, you ask or make it without interrupting the flow of the conversation.
Slip in a few questions about other things...slip road (slip roads)
[N-COUNT]
A slip road is a road which cars use to drive on and off a motorway. (BRIT; in AM, use entrance ramp, exit ramp)slip through
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n, V P
If something slips through a set of checks or rules, it is accepted when in fact it should not be.
...hardened trouble-makers who have slipped through the security checks...
The slightest little bit of inattention can let something slip through.slip up
[PHRASAL VERB] V P
If you slip up, you make a small or unimportant mistake.
There were occasions when we slipped up...
see also slip-up