see|Slip
English

Pronunciation
slĭp, /slɪp/, /<tt>slIp</tt>/
audio|en-us-slip.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes:English:-ɪp|Rhymes: -ɪp

Etymology
Slip comes from Old English slype, relative of slop, meaning liquid mud.

Noun
en-noun

1. An act or instance of slipping.
2. A women's undergarment worn under a skirt or dress.
3. A small piece of paper.
4. A berth for a boat or ship.
5. A mistake or error (slip of the tongue.)
6. uncountable In ceramics, a thin, slippery mix of clay and water.
7. cricket Any of several fielding positions to the off side of the wicket keeper, designed to catch the ball after being deflected from the bat; a fielder in that position (See first slip, second slip, third slip, fourth slip and fifth slip.)
8. The difference between the speed of a rotating magnetic field and the speed of its rotor.

Translations
trans-top|act of slipping
Chinese: � (huá)
Dutch: slip m
French: glissade f
Greek: ολί�θη�η, γλί���ημα
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trans-top|women�s undergarment
Dutch: slip f
German: Unterkleid n
Greek: με�ο���ι
Russian: комбина�и� (kombinátsija) f, комбина�ка (kombináška) f
Spanish: combinación f
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trans-top|small piece of paper
Dutch: ondergoed n, stukje papier n
French: fiche f
German: Stück Papier
Telugu: ���� (cheeTee)
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checktrans
ttbc|Dutch: kooi f (4)

Verb
en-verb|slip|p|ing

1. intransitive To lose one's traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of friction.
2. intransitive To err.
3. transitive To pass (a note, etc.)

#*1883, w:Robert Louis Stevenson|Robert Louis Stevenson, w:Treasure Island|Treasure Island
#*: We slipped along the hedges, noiseless and swift...

Translations
trans-top|to lose one's traction
Dutch: slippen, uitglijden, falen
French: glisser
German: ausrutschen
Greek: γλι����
Sindhi: SDchar|ت�رڪ�ڻ�
Telugu: �ార� (jaaru)
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trans-top|to err
German: fehlen
Greek: κάν� ��άλμα
Telugu: ప�రబడ� (porabaDu)
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trans-top|to pass
German: reichen
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(to be classified)
Spanish: deslizar, resbalar

Related terms
slippage
slippery
slipshod
slip away
slip down
slip up
slip-up

Anagrams
lips

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Dutch

Noun
slip (plural slips, diminutive slipje) f

1. briefs, scanty type of undershorts which covers the buttocks but nothing below

#:Toen de coach merkte dat enkele jongens het ondergoedverbod overtraden door stiekem slips onder hun uniform te dragen, kregen ze van de stok met korte broek en slip op de enkels
#::When coach noticed some boys breaking the underwear-ban by secretly wearing briefs under their uniform, they got caned with shorts and briefs on their ankles

1. (by extension, for women) knickers, any female underpants
2. tail, part of an upper garment hanging below the waist

#:Voor het schoolhoofd een diep gebogen jongen met afgestroopte broek van de roe geeft schuift hij de slippen van diens hemd weg van de sidderende billen
#::Before the headmaster birches a deep-bending boy with lowered trousers, he shifts his shirt-tails away from the shivering buttocks

Noun
nl-noun|slippen|slipje m

1. skid, an act or instance of slipping.

Verb
slip

1. first person singular present tense and imperative form of slippen

French

Etymology
From E.|fr #Verb|to slip.

Noun
fr-noun|m

1. briefs (men's underwear)

#:Quand Martin baisse le pantalon pour une bastonnade en classe, son slip ne cache pas les traces du martinet de papa, lequel il subit sans slip
#::When Martin lowers his trousers for a caning in class, his briefs don't hide the marks of daddy's martinet, which he gets without briefs

Spanish

Noun
slip m

1. briefs, pants, men's underwear
2. knickers, panties (less usual meaning)

References
Krueger, Dennis (December 1982). "Why On Earth Do They Call It Throwing?" Studio Potter Vol. 11, Number 1.¹

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