slip

a pair of briefs, a short type of underpants which covers the buttocks but nothing below

(by extension, for women) a pair of knickers or panties, any female underpants

nl-noun

slip f (plural slips, diminutive slipje n)

slips (plural)
slipje (diminutive neuter)

From English slip, probably via French slip. The English word may itself be derived from Middle Dutch slippen (etymology 3 and 4) below.


slip

tail, part of an upper garment hanging below the waist

slip f (plural slippen, diminutive slipje n)

slippen (plural)
slipje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: slip (dated)

From Middle Dutch slippe, sleppe, probably ultimately related to Proto-West Germanic *slīban (“to split”). Related with German Schlips (“necktie”).


slip

→ Indonesian: slip


slip

first-person singular present indicative

(in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


slip

[...] 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, […]

1960 March, “Motive Power Miscellany: Western Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 184:

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.

2012 May 9, Jonathan Wilson, “Europa League: Radamel Falcao’s Atlético Madrid rout Athletic Bilbao”, in the Guardian:

(intransitive) To lose one’s traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of friction.

There is one that slippeth in his speech, but not from his heart.

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ecclesiastes 19:16:

(intransitive) To accidentally reveal a secret or otherwise say something unintentionally.

A bone may slip out of place.

(intransitive) To move or fly (out of place); to shoot; often with out, off, etc.

I caught the thief, but he slipped my grasp and ran away.

(transitive) To elude or evade by smooth movement.

She thanked the porter and slipped a ten-dollar bill into his hand.

(transitive) To pass (a note, money, etc.), often covertly.

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; […]

1733, Humphry Polesworth [pseudonym; John Arbuthnot], Alexander Pope, compiler, “Law is a Bottomless Pit. Or, The History of John Bull. […]. The Second Part. Chapter XI. The Apprehending, Examination, and Imprisonment of Jack, for Suspicion of Poisoning.”, in Miscellanies, 2nd edition, volume II, London: […] Benjamin Motte, […], →OCLC, page 119:

(transitive) To cause to move smoothly and quickly; to slide; to convey gently or secretly.

Some errors slipped into the appendix.

Thrice the flitting shadow slipped away.

1697, Virgil, “Aeneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:

Thus one tradesman slips away, / To give his partner fairer play.

1718, Mat[thew] Prior, “Alma: Or, The Progress of the Mind”, in Poems on Several Occasions, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], and John Barber […], →OCLC, canto II:

We slipped along the hedges, noiseless and swift […]

1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:

Keith wants to have it both ways. He has engaged me in a political debate, but when his politics are challenged he slips behind a smoke-screen of anti-intellectualism.

1981 December 12, Scott Tucker, “Bring On The Cannon”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 21, page 5:

He was grey and had eight legs, and could travel anywhere and slip into any corner of 9 worlds. For this reason he was called Sleipnir ("the slipper) and was given to Oðinn as his steed.

2020, Dagulf Loptson, Pagan Portals - Loki: Trickster and Transformer:

(intransitive) To move quickly and often secretively; to depart, withdraw, enter, appear, intrude, or escape as if by sliding.

Profits have slipped over the past six months.

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.

2010 December 28, Marc Vesty, “Stoke 0 – 2 Fulham”, in BBC Sport:

(intransitive, figuratively) To move down; to slide.

Lucento slipped me like his greyhound.

c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:

'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.'

1881, P. Chr. Asbjörnsen [i.e., Peter Christen Asbjørnsen], translated by H. L. Brækstad, Round the Yule Log. Norwegian Folk and Fairy Tales, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, →OCLC, page 78:

(transitive, hunting, falconry) To release (a dog, a bird of prey, etc.) to go after a quarry.

(intransitive, aviation, of an aircraft) Clipping of sideslip (“to fly with the longitudinal axis misaligned with the relative wind”)..

sideslip

(transitive, cooking) 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.

And slip no advantage / That may secure you.

1611, Ben[jamin] Jonson, Catiline His Conspiracy, London: […] [William Stansby?] for Walter Burre, →OCLC, (please specify the page):

(obsolete) To omit; to lose by negligence.

to slip a piece of cloth or paper

The branches also may be slipped and planted.

1707, J[ohn] Mortimer, The Whole Art of Husbandry; or, The Way of Managing and Improving of Land. […], London: […] J[ohn] H[umphreys] for H[enry] Mortlock […], and J[onathan] Robinson […], →OCLC:

(transitive) To cut slips from; to cut; to take off; to make a slip or slips of.

A horse slips his bridle; a dog slips his collar.

(transitive) To cause to slip or slide off, or out of place.

To bring forth (young) prematurely; to slink.

We have been consistently slipping the product release schedules.

2005, Raj Karamchedu, It's Not About the Technology:

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.

As for trains, the contract was due to be awarded last year, but Rayner confirms that this has slipped and will now be awarded next year.

2020 July 1, Chris Rayner tells Richard Clinnick, “High Speed 2 is speeding up …”, in Rail, page 65:

(transitive, business) To cause (a schedule or release, etc.) to go, or let it go, beyond the allotted deadline.

en-verb

slip (third-person singular simple present slips, present participle slipping, simple past and past participle slipped or (obsolete) slipt)

slips (present singular third-person)
slipping (participle present)
slipped (participle past)
slipped (past)
slipt (obsolete participle past)
slipt (obsolete past)

избягвам

to quickly and invisibly depart, to escape

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, slupen (“to slip”), German schlüpfen (“to slip”).

der

Proto-Indo-European *slewbʰ- (“slip, slide”)


slip

I had a slip on the ice and bruised my hip.

A woman's undergarment worn under a skirt or dress to conceal unwanted nudity that may otherwise be revealed by the skirt or dress itself; a shift.

a slip of the tongue

This good man's slip mended his pace to martyrdom.

1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI):

In quoting this passage I have taken the liberty to correct a grammatical slip.

1906, James George Frazer, Attis, Otis, Osiris, volume 1, page 295:

(nautical) A berth; a space for a ship to moor.

(nautical, aviation) A difference between the theoretical distance traveled per revolution of the propeller and the actual advance of the vessel.

(medicine) A one-time return to previous maladaptive behavior after cure.

(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.)

A number between 0 and 1 that is the difference between the angular speed of a rotating magnetic field and the angular speed of its rotor, divided by the angular speed of the magnetic field.

We stalked over the extensive plains with Killbuck and Lena in the slips, in search of deer.

1852, Samuel Baker, The Rifle and the Hound in Ceylon:

A leash or string by which a dog is held; so called from its being made in such a manner as to slip, or become loose, by relaxation of the hand.

He gave the warden the slip and escaped from the prison.

This morning I made a slip from the Office to White Hall.

1669 February 14 (date written; Gregorian calendar), Samuel Pepys, Mynors Bright, transcriber, “February 4th, 1668–1669”, in Henry B[enjamin] Wheatley, editor, The Diary of Samuel Pepys […], volume (please specify |volume=I to X), London: George Bell & Sons […]; Cambridge: Deighton Bell & Co., published 1893–1899, →OCLC:

An escape; a secret or unexpected desertion.

(printing, dated) A portion of the columns of a newspaper etc. struck off by itself; a proof from a column of type when set up and in the galley.

a pillow slip

the slip or sheath of a sword

ROMEO:[…]Good morrow to you both. What counterfeit did I give you?
MERCUTIO:The slip, sir, the slip. Can you not conceive?

c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iv]:

(obsolete) A counterfeit piece of money, made from brass covered with silver.

the Grindstone, commonly called Slipp, is used to the same purpose in dying of Silks.

1667, William Petty, An apparatus to the history of the common practices of dying:

Matter found in troughs of grindstones after the grinding of edge tools.

(UK, dated) A narrow passage between buildings.

The gallery contains nine rows of seats, besides those in the slips.

1826, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Historical and Descriptive Accounts of the Theatres of London, page 65:

Either side of the gallery in a theater.

(US) A long seat or narrow pew in churches, often without a door.

Edward H[enry] Knight
w:Edward H. Knight

(mining) A dislocation of a lead, destroying continuity.

(engineering) The motion of the centre of resistance of the float of a paddle wheel, or the blade of an oar, through the water horizontally, or the difference between a vessel's actual speed and the speed it would have if the propelling instrument acted upon a solid; also, the velocity, relatively to still water, of the backward current of water produced by the propeller.

(electrical) The difference between the actual and synchronous speeds of an induction motor.

(telecommunications) The positional displacement in a sequence of transmitted symbols that causes the loss or insertion of one or more symbols.

After about a dozen competitions someone suggested that a slip should be sent round to those who applied for it, containing in full the clues of all prizewinners and of those highly commended (there was only room for the first prizewinner’s clue in the paper).

1966, Ximenes, Ximenes On The Art Of The Crossword:

Manley is also a regular at the top of the Azed slip. As the two men talked, they quoted memorable clues as if they were lines of poetry.

2009 June 23, Dean Olsher, From Square One: A Meditation, with Digressions, on Crosswords, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:

Over the years I have given my views several times on this issue, both in the slips and in my 2006 book A-Z of Crosswords, but it will do no harm to repeat them yet again.

2013 March 25, Jonathan Crowther, “Azed slip No 2,126”, in The Guardian:

(crosswording) A newsletter produced by the setter of a cryptic clue-writing competition, containing a full list of winners and commentary on the clues.

jättämä

nautical: difference between theoretical and actual advance of a vessel

there's many a slip between the cup and the lip

there's many a slip twixt the cup and the lip


slip

a slip from a vine

"So much for auguries," said Emily, pointing to a young geranium, which was growing in vigour below. "The day before I left home, I planted that slip, and, in idea, linked my futurity with the slight shrub, saying, If it flourishes, so shall I—if it dies, I shall die too. See how luxuriantly it blooms!"

1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XIX, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 322:

a native slip to us from foreign seeds

c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:

She couldn't hurt a fly, young slip of a girl that she is.

A young person (now usually with of introducing descriptive qualifier).

Never, nevermore / Shall lone Œnone see the morning mist / Sweep thro' them—never see them overlaid / With narrow moonlit slips of silver cloud, / Between the loud stream and the trembling stars.

1832 December (indicated as 1833), Alfred Tennyson, “Œnone”, in Poems, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 62:

a salary slip

A small piece of paper, especially one longer than it is wide, typically a form for writing on or one giving printed information.

(marine insurance) A memorandum of the particulars of a risk for which a policy is to be executed. It usually bears the broker's name and is initiated by the underwriters.

Probably from Middle Dutch slippe or Middle Low German slippe, probably ultimately related to Proto-West Germanic *slīban (“to split”).


slip

The Wasserpfeife or water-whistle from Moravia was a bird whistle made during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. […] The bird is of a grey and brown mottled glaze with sgraffito markings and touches of green slip.

1971, Gwen White, Antique Toys And Their Background, page 172:

(ceramics) A thin, slippery mix of clay and water.

en-noun

slip (countable and uncountable, plural slips)

engalba

ceramics: thin, slippery mix of clay and water

From Middle English slyp, slep, slyppe, from Old English slyp, slyppe, slipa (“a viscous, slimy substance”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-West Germanic *sleupan, from Proto-Germanic *sleupaną (“to slip, sneak”), possibly connected with Proto-Indo-European *slewb-, *slewbʰ- (“slip, slide”), from Proto-Indo-European *sel- (“to sneak, crawl”); or alternatively from Proto-Germanic *slippijaną (“to glide”), from Proto-Indo-European *sleyb- (“slimy; to glide”).
Compare Old English slūpan (“to slip, glide”), Old English cūslyppe, cūsloppe (“cowslip”).


slip

→ Vietnamese: xi-líp


slip

* From Dutch slip, the deverbal of slippen. Apparently from Middle Low German slippen. Possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *slewbʰ- (“slip, slide”).
* Semantic loan from English slip (“small piece of paper”) for sense of small piece of paper, which came from above.


slip

(archaeology, ceramics) slip: a thin, slippery mix of clay and water.

From English slip, from Middle English slyp, slep, slyppe, from Old English slyp, slyppe, slipa (“a viscous, slimy substance”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *sleupaną (“to slip, sneak”), possibly connected with Proto-Indo-European *slewb-, *slewbʰ- (“slip, slide”), from Proto-Indo-European *sel- (“to sneak, crawl”); or alternatively from Proto-Germanic *slippijaną (“to glide”), from Proto-Indo-European *sleyb- (“slimy; to glide”).


slip

men's or women's underpants (knickers, panties)

Borrowed from French, from English slip.


slip

slipuri (plural)
slip (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
slipul (accusative definite nominative singular)
slipuri (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
slipurile (accusative definite nominative plural)
slip (indefinite singular)
slipului (definite singular)
slipuri (indefinite singular)
slipurilor (definite plural)
slipule (singular vocative)
slipurilor (vocative)

Borrowed from French slip or English slip.


slip

Slipi jeste [ludujući],
vaše boge verujući
kî nigdare vas ne sliše
ni vas koga [kad] utiše.

1375, N.N., Muka svete Margarite (transcribed from Glagolitic original)

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

late 15th century or early 16th century, Šiško Menčetić, Ako ćeš, Stijepo moj, za mene što stvorit

Ter je prem sasma slip tko ne zri sunačce

To j' uzrok da travi tako slip bog ljubven,
a ne kako pravi tkogod nenaučen.

Ma ovo nadvor gre u srdžbi i u gnijevu vas,
krv s oči slipih tre, s oružjem gre put nas;

I gdi unutri o mrak slipi

1759, Antun Kanižlić
Zato slipi, koji srići tamjan nose
i u tugah svojih pomoć od nje prose;
slipi, koji scine, da je ona kuća,
gdi ona prosine, svitla i moguća,
i da dili blago slipa vila svima,
i kad joj je drago, opet uzme njima.

Zar ste slipi, tere ne vidite?

1762, Matija Antun Relković, Satir iliti divji čovik:


slip

Neologism, from English slip (of paper).


slip

Unadapted borrowing from French, from English slip.


slip

slip (indefinite nominative singular)
slips (genitive indefinite singular)
slipen (definite nominative singular)
slipens (definite genitive singular)
slipar (indefinite nominative plural)
slipars (genitive indefinite plural)
sliparna (definite nominative plural)
sliparnas (definite genitive plural)

Borrowed from English slip. Attested since 1872.


slip

Orait God, Bikpela i mekim man i slip i dai tru. Na taim man i slip yet, God i kisim wanpela bun long banis bilong man na i pasim gen skin bilong dispela hap.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:21:


slip

slips (nominative plural)
slip (nominative singular)
slips (nominative plural)
slipa (genitive singular)
slipas (genitive plural)
slipe (dative singular)
slipes (dative plural)
slipi (accusative singular)
slipis (accusative plural)
o slip! (singular vocative)
o slips! (plural vocative)
slipu (predicative singular)
slipus (plural predicative)