slip
US: /ˈsɫɪp/
UK: /slˈɪp/
UK: /slˈɪp/
English Vietnamese dictionary
slip
- sự trượt; sự dời chỗ
Advanced English dictionary
verb, noun
+ verb (-pp-)
slide / fall
1 [V] ~ (over) to slide a short distance accidentally so that you fall or nearly fall: She slipped over on the ice and broke her leg. + As I ran up the stairs, my foot slipped and I fell.
out of position
2 [V] [usually +adv./prep.] to slide out of position or out of your hand: His hat had slipped over one eye. + The fish slipped out of my hand. + The child slipped from his grasp and ran off. + (figurative) She was careful not to let her control slip.
go / put quickly
3 [V +adv./prep.] to go somewhere quickly and quietly, especially without being noticed: She slipped out of the house before the others were awake. + The ship slipped into the harbour at night. + (figurative) She knew that time was slipping away.
4 to put sth somewhere quickly, quietly or secretly: [VN, +adv./prep.] Anna slipped her hand into his. + He slipped the letter back into its envelope. + She slipped her head around the door. + I managed to slip a few jokes into my speech. + I managed to slip in a few jokes. + [VNN, VN] They'd slipped the guards some money. + They'd slipped some money to the guards.
become worse
5 [V] to fall to a lower level; to become worse: His popularity has slipped recently. + The director never lets the tension slip. + That's three times she's beaten me-I must be slipping!
into difficult situation
6 [V +adv./prep.] to pass into a particular state or situation, especially a difficult or unpleasant one: He began to slip into debt. + The patient had slipped into a coma. + We seem to have slipped behind schedule.
clothes on / off
7 [+adv./prep.] to put clothes on or to take them off quickly and easily: [V] to slip into / out of a dress + [VN] to slip your shoes on / off + He slipped a coat over his sweatshirt.
get free
8 to get free; to make sth/sb/yourself free from sth: [VN] The ship had slipped its moorings in the night. + The dog slipped its collar. + [V-ADJ] The animal had slipped free and escaped. [also VN-ADJ]
Idioms: let slip sth to give sb information that is supposed to be secret: I happened to let it slip that he had given me £1 000 for the car. + She tried not to let slip what she knew.
let sth slip (through your fingers) to miss or fail to use an opportunity: Don't let the chance to work abroad slip through your fingers.
slip your mind if sth slips your mind, you forget it or forget to do it: I'm sorry I didn't tell you. It completely slipped my mind.
slip one over on sb (informal) to trick sb
slip through the net when sb/sth slips through the net, an organization or a system fails to find them and deal with them: We tried to contact all former students, but one or two slipped through the net.
more at GEAR n., TONGUE n.
Phrasal Verbs: slip away to stop existing; to disappear or die: Their support gradually slipped away.
slip out when sth slips out, you say it without really intending to: I'm sorry I said that. It just slipped out.
slip up (informal) to make a careless mistake: We can't afford to slip up. + The government slipped up badly over the scandal.
related noun SLIP-UP
+ noun
small mistake
1 a small mistake, usually made by being careless or not paying attention: He recited the whole poem without making a single slip. + There were a few slips in the translation.
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piece of paper
2 a small piece of paper, especially one for writing on or with sth printed on it: I wrote it down on a slip of paper. + a betting slip
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act of slipping
3 an act of slipping: One slip and you could fall to your death.
clothing
4 a piece of women's underwear like a thin dress or skirt, worn under a dress
in cricket
5 a player who stands behind and to one side of the BATSMAN and tries to catch the ball; the position on the field where this player stands: first / second / third slip + Who is (at) first slip? + a slip fielder / catch + fielding in the slips
Idioms: give sb the slip (informal) to escape or get away from sb who is following or chasing you: I managed to give him the slip by hiding behind a wall.
a slip of a boy, girl, etc. (old-fashioned) a small or thin, usually young, person: She's only a slip of a thing.
a slip of the pen / tongue a small mistake in sth that you write or say: Did I call you Richard? Sorry, Robert, just a slip of the tongue.
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 slide, skid, glide, slither:
Waxing the runners helps the sleigh slip along more easily.
2 stumble, lose one's footing or balance, miss one's footing, trip; fall, tumble:
Mother slipped on the ice but luckily didn't fall down.
3 Often, slip up. err, blunder, make a mistake, miscalculate, go wrong, botch (up), Slang screw up:
He slipped up again by failing to give you your telephone messages.
4 let slip. reveal, divulge, blurt out, leak, let out, disclose, expose, Colloq come out with, blab:
He accidentally let slip the news that you were back in town.
5 slip away or by. pass, elapse, vanish, go by:
The hours just slipped away when I was with Irena.
6 slip away or off or out. escape, disappear, leave, vanish, steal, go or run away or off or out, break away, get away, give (someone) the slip; sneak away or off or out:
After the speech, he slipped away before we could interview him.
7 slip in. enter, get in, sneak in; put in:
A field mouse slipped in past the wire netting. I managed to slip in my suggestion before the meeting was adjourned.
n.
8 blunder, error, mistake, fault, oversight, slip of the tongue or pen, inadvertence, indiscretion, impropriety, transgression, peccadillo, faux pas, Colloq slip-up, Chiefly US blooper, Slang Brit boob, bloomer:
She made so many slips in the letter that she had to retype it.
n.
1 piece, scrap, strip, sliver; paper, note, chit, permit, permission, pass, document:
I'll put my phone number on this slip of paper. To go on the outing, each child will have to bring in a slip signed by a parent
2 shoot, scion, cutting, sprig, twig, sprout, runner, offshoot:
After the slip is inserted, the branch must be bandaged up firmly.
Collocation dictionary
1 mistake
ADJ.
little, slight, tiny | unfortunate | Freudian
VERB + SLIP
make
She made a couple of unfortunate slips during the talk.
PHRASES
a slip of the pen/tongue
I didn't mean to say that?it was just a slip of the tongue.
2 piece of paper
ADJ.
betting, pay, rejection, voting
He got over fifty rejection slips before his novel was published.
PREP.
on a/the ~
He wrote the address on a slip of paper.
PHRASES
a slip of paper
Concise English dictionary
slipped|slipping|slipsslɪp
noun
+a socially awkward or tactless act
+a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.
+potter's clay that is thinned and used for coating or decorating ceramics
+a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting
+a young and slender person
+a place where a craft can be made fast
+an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall
+a slippery smoothness
+artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material
+a small sheet of paper
+a woman's sleeveless undergarment
+bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow
+an unexpected slide
+a flight maneuver; aircraft slides sideways in the air
+the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning)
verb
+move stealthily
+insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly
+move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
+get worse
+move smoothly and easily
+to make a mistake or be incorrect
+pass on stealthily
+pass out of one's memory
+move out of position
