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verb

1. To move smoothly, continuously, and effortlessly:

glide, glissade, lapse, slide, slither.

2. To move silently and furtively:

creep, glide, lurk, mouse, prowl, pussyfoot, skulk, slide, slink, snake, sneak, steal.

Slang: gumshoe.

3. To lose one's balance and fall or almost fall:

skid, slide, slither.

Idiom: take a skid.

4. To shift or be shifted out of place:

slide.

5. To maneuver gently and slowly into place:

ease, glide, slide.

6. To free from ties or fasteners:

disengage, loose, loosen, unbind, unclasp, undo, unfasten, unloose, unloosen, untie.

7. To get away from (a pursuer):

elude, evade, lose, shake off, throw off.

Slang: shake.

Idiom: give someone the shake.

8. To bring forth a nonviable fetus prematurely:

abort, miscarry.

9. To displace (a bone) from a socket or joint:

dislocate, throw out.

Idiom: throw out of joint.

10. To decline, as in value or quantity, very gradually:

drop off, fall off, sag.

11. To make an error or mistake:

err, miscue, mistake, slip up, stumble, trip up.

12. To undergo moral deterioration:

fall, sink.

Idiom: go bad.

phrasal verb
slip into

To put (an article of clothing) on one's person:

assume, don, get on, pull on, put on, slip on.

phrasal verb
slip on

To put (an article of clothing) on one's person:

assume, don, get on, pull on, put on, slip into.

phrasal verb
slip up

To make an error or mistake:

err, miscue, mistake, slip, stumble, trip up.

noun

1. An act or thought that unintentionally deviates from what is correct, right, or true:

erratum, error, inaccuracy, incorrectness, lapse, miscue, misstep, mistake, slip-up, trip.

2. A minor mistake:

lapse, slip-up.

Informal: fluff.

Translations

يَرْتَدي بِسُرْعَه

vklouznout

hoppe i

enfiler

belebújik

bregîa sér í

hoppe i klærne smette i klærne

vkĺznuť

çabucak giymekgiyivermek

匆忙穿上

slip¹

(slip) – past tense, past participle slipped – verb

1. to slide accidentally and lose one's balance or footing. I slipped and fell on the path.

2. to slide, or drop, out of the right position or out of control. The plate slipped out of my grasp.

3. to drop in standard. I'm sorry about my mistake – I must be slipping!

4. to move quietly especially without being noticed. She slipped out of the room.

5. to escape from. The dog had slipped its lead and disappeared.

6. to put or pass (something) with a quick, light movement. She slipped the letter back in its envelope.

noun

1. an act of slipping. Her sprained ankle was a result of a slip on the path.

2. a usually small mistake. Everyone makes the occasional slip.

3. a kind of undergarment worn under a dress; a petticoat.

4. (also ˈslipway) a sloping platform next to water used for building and launching ships.

ˈslipper noun

a loose, soft kind of shoe for wearing indoors.

ˈslippery adjective

1. so smooth as to cause slipping. The path is slippery – watch out!

2. not trustworthy. He's rather a slippery character.

ˈslipperiness noun

slip road

a road for joining or leaving a motorway.

ˈslipshod adjective

(of work etc) untidy; careless. The teacher told him his work was slipshod.

give (someone) the slip

to escape from or avoid (someone) in a secretive manner. The crooks gave the policemen the slip.

let slip

1. to miss (an opportunity etc). I let the chance slip, unfortunately.

2. to say (something) unintentionally. She let slip some remark about my daughter.

slip into

to put on (clothes) quickly. She slipped into her nightdress.

slip off

1. to take (clothes) off quickly. Slip off your shoe.

2. to move away noiselessly or hurriedly. We'll slip off when no-one's looking.

slip on

to put on (clothes) quickly.

slip up to make a mistake; to fail to do something: They certainly slipped up badly over the new appointment (noun ˈslip-up)

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