Meaning

16 senses
  1. (intransitive)To lose one’s traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of friction.

    ausrutschen, ausgleiten

    поска́льзыватьсяposkálʹzyvatʹsja, поскользну́тьсяposkolʹznútʹsja

    ско́взатисяskóvzatysja, посковзну́тисяposkovznútysja, підсковзну́тисяpidskovznútysja

  2. (intransitive)To err.

    sich im Ton vergreifen

    ошиба́тьсяošibátʹsja, ошиби́тьсяošibítʹsja

    помиля́тисяpomyljátysja, помили́тисяpomylýtysja

  3. (intransitive)To accidentally reveal a secret or otherwise say something unintentionally.

  4. (intransitive)To move or fly (out of place); to shoot; often with out, off, etc.

    A bone may slip out of place.

    herausrutschen

    move out of position

  5. (transitive)To elude or evade by smooth movement.

    I caught the thief, but he slipped my grasp and ran away.

  6. (transitive)To pass (a note, money, etc.), often covertly.

    She thanked the porter and slipped a ten-dollar bill into his hand.

    zustecken, zuschieben

    pass on stealthily

  7. (transitive)To cause to move smoothly and quickly; to slide; to convey gently or secretly.

    move smoothly and easily

  8. (intransitive)To move quickly and often secretively; to depart, withdraw, enter, appear, intrude, or escape as if by sliding.

    Some errors slipped into the appendix.

    schlüpfen, entschlüpfen, entfleuchen

    cause to move with a smooth or sliding motion

  9. (figuratively, intransitive)To move down; to slide.

    Profits have slipped over the past six months.

    move stealthily

  10. (transitive)To release (a dog, a bird of prey, etc.) to go after a quarry.

  11. (transitive)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.

    herausrutschen, entschlüpfen

  12. (transitive)To cut slips from; to cut; to take off; to make a slip or slips of.

    to slip a piece of cloth or paper

Examples

550 sentences
  1. Don't let this chance slip by.

    Не змарнуй цієї можливості. — brambury

    ruНе упусти этот шанс. — afyodor

    deLass dir diese Gelegenheit nicht entgehen. — al_ex_an_der

  2. Be careful not to slip.

    Обережно, не послизнись. — deniko

    ruСмотри не поскользнись. — marafon

  3. His name has slipped my mind.

    Я забув його ім'я. — Oleksandr_Tahayev

    ruЕго имя вылетело у меня из головы. — marafon

  4. Tom slipped and hit his head.

    Том послизнувся й вдарився головою. — deniko

    ruТом поскользнулся и ударился головой. — marafon

  5. Tom slipped and fell in the shower.

    Том підслизнувся та упав у душі. — deniko

    ruТом подскользнулся и упал в душе. — Wezel

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
to lose one's traction:
to err:
Русский
By meaning 2
to lose one's traction:
to err:
Deutsch
By meaning 7
to worsen:
to lose one's traction:
to err:
to move out of place:
to pass:
to move quickly:
to quickly and invisibly depart, to escape:

Origin

From Middle English slippen, probably from Middle Low German slippen, from Old Saxon *slip

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 split”); related to Old English slipor (“slippery”).

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Forms

slips, slipping, slipped, slipped
Base formslip · to slip
3rd person singularslips
Present participleslipping
Past simpleslipped
Past participleslipped

regular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyslip
he, she, itslips

Past simpleLesson

all personsslipped

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave slipped
he, she, ithas slipped

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill slip

Phrasal verbs

11 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

16 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Relatedslippage

Collocations

5 patterns
  • slipped and fell
  • slipped on the
  • slipped my mind
  • slipped out of
  • slip away

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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