SLIP


Meaning of SLIP in English

(~s, ~ping, ~ped)

Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.

1.

If you ~, you accidentally slide and lose your balance.

He had ~ped on an icy pavement...

Be careful not to ~.

VERB: V, V

2.

If something ~s, it slides out of place or out of your hand.

His glasses had ~ped...

The hammer ~ped out of her grasp.

VERB: V, V prep/adv

3.

If you ~ somewhere, you go there quickly and quietly.

Amy ~ped downstairs and out of the house...

VERB: V adv/prep

4.

If you ~ something somewhere, you put it there quickly in a way that does not attract attention.

I ~ped a note under Louise’s door...

Just ~ in a piece of paper.

VERB: V n prep, V n with adv

5.

If you ~ something to someone, you give it to them secretly.

Robert had ~ped her a note in school...

She looked round before pulling out a package and ~ping it to the man.

VERB: V n n, V n to n

6.

To ~ 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 ~ into a routine...

= slide

VERB: V into n

7.

If something ~s to a lower level or standard, it falls to that level or standard.

Shares ~ped to 117p...

In June, producer prices ~ped 0.1% from May...

Overall business activity is ~ping.

VERB: V to/from/by amount/n, V amount, V

Slip is also a noun.

...a ~ in consumer confidence.

N-SING: oft N in n

8.

If you ~ into or out of clothes or shoes, you put them on or take them off quickly and easily.

She ~ped out of the jacket and tossed it on the couch...

I ~ped off my woollen gloves.

VERB: V into/out of n, V n with on/off

9.

A ~ is a small or unimportant mistake.

We must be well prepared, there must be no ~s.

N-COUNT

10.

A ~ of paper is a small piece of paper.

...little ~s of paper he had torn from a notebook...

I put her name on the ~.

N-COUNT: oft N of n

11.

A ~ is a thin piece of clothing that a woman wears under her dress or skirt.

N-COUNT

12.

see also Freudian ~

13.

If you give someone the ~, you escape from them when they are following you or watching you. (INFORMAL)

He gave reporters the ~ by leaving at midnight.

PHRASE: V inflects

14.

If you let ~ information, you accidentally tell it to someone, when you wanted to keep it secret.

I bet he let ~ that I’d gone to America.

PHRASE: let inflects

15.

If something ~s your mind, you forget about it.

The reason for my visit had obviously ~ped his mind.

PHRASE: V and N inflect

16.

to ~ through your fingers: see finger

~ of the tongue: see tongue

Collins COBUILD.      Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) .