(~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
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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