SLIP


Meaning of SLIP in English

I.

noun

1 mistake

ADJECTIVE

▪ little , slight

▪ unfortunate

▪ accidental

▪ occasional

▪ Freudian , verbal

VERB + SLIP

▪ make

She made a couple of unfortunate ~s during the talk.

▪ afford

His team cannot afford any ~s.

PHRASES

▪ a ~ of the tongue

I didn't mean to say that—it was just a ~ of the tongue.

2 piece of paper

ADJECTIVE

▪ rejection ( esp. BrE )

He got fifty rejection ~s before his novel was published.

▪ betting , voting (both BrE )

▪ permission ( esp. AmE )

▪ credit , credit-card , deposit

a bank deposit ~

▪ pay , wage (both BrE )

▪ blue ( AmE , politics )

The Senator returns the blue ~ with an indication whether he or she supports or opposes the nominee.

▪ pink (= to say that sb must leave their job) ( AmE )

▪ compliments ( BrE )

He sent his cheque with a compliments ~.

VERB + SLIP

▪ sign

His father signed a permission ~ for a school field trip.

▪ give sb , hand sb

Thousands of workers were handed pink ~s.

▪ get , receive

▪ return

Please detach and return the ~ below.

PREPOSITION

▪ on a/the ~

He wrote the address on a ~ of paper.

PHRASES

▪ a ~ of paper

II.

verb

Slip is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ arm , ↑ clutch , ↑ eye , ↑ foot , ↑ hand , ↑ horse , ↑ mask , ↑ rate , ↑ wheel

Slip is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ collar , ↑ disc , ↑ mind , ↑ mooring , ↑ per cent

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .