Word: slip Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *slippjander. Old Saxon *slippiander. Middle Low German slippender.? Middle English slippen English 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”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian slipje (“to slip”), Dutch slippen (“to slip”), German Low German slippen. Pronunciation: /ˈslɪp/, [ˈslɪp] 1. To lose one’s traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of friction. Labels: intransitive Example: [...] but in the damp conditions prevailing the driver sensibly was unwilling to attempt the climb up through Combe Down tunnel without help, for fear of slipping to a standstill in the unventilated bore, […] Example: Fernando Amorebieta seemed to have checked him, but a stepover created a fraction of room that became significant as the defender slipped, giving Falcao just enough space to curl a superb finish into the top corner. 2. To err. Labels: intransitive Example: There is one that slippeth in his speach, but not from his heart, and who is he that hath not offended with his tongue? 3. To accidentally reveal a secret or otherwise say something unintentionally. Labels: intransitive 4. To move or fly (out of place); to shoot; often with out, off, etc. Labels: intransitive Example: A bone may slip out of place. 5. To elude or evade by smooth movement. Labels: transitive Example: I caught the thief, but he slipped my grasp and ran away. 6. To pass (a note, money, etc.), often covertly. Labels: transitive Example: She thanked the porter and slipped a ten-dollar bill into his hand. 7. To cause to move smoothly and quickly; to slide; to convey gently or secretly. Labels: transitive Example: Tvvo other VVitneſſes gave the follovving Evidence; That in his officious Attendance upon his Miſtreſs, he had try'd to ſlip a Povvder into her Drink, and that he vvas once catch'd endeavouring to ſtifle her vvith a Pillovv as ſhe vvas aſleep; […] Example: “This is a very urgent message for the countess’ ears alone,” replied Rokoff. “Tell her that she must arise and slip something about her and come to the telephone. I shall call up again in five minutes.” 8. To move quickly and often secretively; to depart, withdraw, enter, appear, intrude, or escape as if by sliding. Labels: intransitive Example: Some errors slipped into the appendix. Example: Thrice the flitting shadow slipped away. 9. To move down; to slide. Labels: figuratively, intransitive Example: Profits have slipped over the past six months. Example: The Cottagers had previously gone eight games without a win and had slipped into the relegation zone over Christmas, with boss Hughes criticised by fans after their 3-1 home defeat by fellow basement battlers West Ham on Boxing Day. 10. To release (a dog, a bird of prey, etc.) to go after a quarry. Labels: transitive Example: Lucento slipped me like his greyhound. Example: 'Well, it was one morning early in the spring,' said Lars, 'that I started for Linderudsœter, where I slipped Rap, and he was soon in full cry and made the hillside ring.' 11. Clipping of sideslip (“to fly with the longitudinal axis misaligned with the relative wind”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, intransitive 12. 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. Labels: transitive 13. To omit; to lose by negligence. Labels: obsolete Example: And slip no advantage / That may secure you. 14. To cut slips from; to cut; to take off; to make a slip or slips of. Labels: transitive Example: to slip a piece of cloth or paper Example: The branches also may be slipped and planted. 15. To cause to slip or slide off, or out of place. Labels: transitive Example: A horse slips his bridle; a dog slips his collar. 16. To bring forth (young) prematurely; to slink. 17. To cause (a schedule or release, etc.) to go, or let it go, beyond the allotted deadline. Labels: transitive Example: We have been consistently slipping the product release schedules. Example: If you are going to slip the schedule, make it a big slip and make it early in your endgame effort so that your stakeholders can respond and adjust around you.