Idioms for slip
Origin of slip
1
1250–1300; (v.) Middle English
slippen < Middle Dutch
slippen; cognate with Old High German
slipfen; (noun) late Middle English
slippe, derivative of or akin to the v.; compare Old High German
slipf a sliding, slipping, error; akin to
slipper2
SYNONYMS FOR slip
OTHER WORDS FROM slip
slip·less, adjective slip·ping·ly, adverbWords nearby slip
slink,
slink away,
slinky,
slinter,
sliotar,
slip,
slip a cog,
slip carriage,
slip casting,
slip flow,
slip form
British Dictionary definitions for slip out (1 of 3)
slip
1
/ (slɪp) /
verb slips, slipping or slipped
noun
See also
slip up
Derived forms of slip
slipless, adjectiveWord Origin for slip
C13: from Middle Low German or Dutch
slippen
British Dictionary definitions for slip out (2 of 3)
slip
2
/ (slɪp) /
noun
verb slips, slipping or slipped
(tr)
to detach (portions of stem, etc) from (a plant) for propagation
Word Origin for slip
C15: probably from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch
slippe to cut, strip
British Dictionary definitions for slip out (3 of 3)
slip
3
/ (slɪp) /
noun
clay mixed with water to a creamy consistency, used for decorating or patching a ceramic piece
Word Origin for slip
Old English
slyppe slime; related to Norwegian
slipa slime on fish; see
slop
1
Idioms and Phrases with slip out (1 of 2)
slip out
See let slip out.
Also, slip away or off. Leave quietly and unobtrusively, as in She slipped out without telling a soul, or Let's slip away before the sermon, or Jason and Sheila slipped off to Bermuda. The use of slip with away dates from about 1450; out from the first half of the 1500s; off from the mid-1800s.
Idioms and Phrases with slip out (2 of 2)
slip