Tra từ slip - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

slip [slip slips slipped slipping] verb, noun BrE [slɪp] NAmE [slɪp]
verb (-pp-)

SLIDE/FALL
1. intransitive ~ (over) to slide a short distance by accident 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. intransitive (+ 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. intransitive + adv./prep. to go somewhere quickly and quietly, especially without being noticed
Syn: ↑creep
• 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. transitive to put sth somewhere quickly, quietly or secretly
•~ sth + 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.
•~ sth to sb They'd slipped some money to the guards.
•~ sb sth They'd slipped the guards some money.

BECOME WORSE
5. intransitive 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. intransitive + 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. intransitive, transitive to put clothes on or to take them off quickly and easily
•+ adv./prep. to slip into/out of a dress
•~ sth + adv./prep. to slip your shoes on/off
• He slipped a coat over his sweatshirt.

GET FREE
8. transitive to get free; to make sth/sb/yourself free from sth
•~ sth The ship had slipped its moorings in the night.
•The dog slipped its collar.
•~ (sth) + adj. The animal had slipped free and escaped.
more at (slip/be thrown) out of gear at ↑gear _n., roll/slip/trip off the tongue at ↑tongue _n.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
v. and n. sense 1 n. senses 3 to 5 Middle English ‘move quickly and softly’ Middle Low German slippen ↑slipperyn. sense 2 late Middle English Middle Dutch Middle Low German slippe ‘cut, strip’

Thesaurus:
slip verb
1. I
•He slipped on the ice.
skid • |especially written fall • |especially spoken fall over •
slip/skid/fall/fall over on the ice/wet grass, etc.
2. I (always used with an adverb or preposition)
•I slipped away before the end of the performance.
creep • • slink • • tiptoe • • pad • • slide • |usually disapproving sneak •
slip/creep/slink/tiptoe/pad/slide/sneak away/in/out
slip/creep/tiptoe/sneak up to sb/sth
slip/creep/pad silently
3. T
•Anna slipped her hand into his.
slide • • insert • • tuck • • slot •
slip/slide/insert/tuck/slot sth into sth
slip/slide/tuck sth under sth
slip/slide/insert/tuck/slot sth quickly into sth
Slip or slide? These words are very close in meaning and use. Slip may emphasize that sth is being done secretly; slide emphasizes that sth is done with a smooth movement.

Example Bank:
•As I ran up the stairs my foot slipped.
•He slipped on a bar of soap in the shower room.
•I slipped away before the end of the performance.
•Pre-tax profits slipped to $3.7 million, from $3.9 million the previous year.
•She slipped on the ice and broke her leg.
•She slipped quietly out of the house before the others were awake.
•That's three times she's beaten me— I must be slipping!
•They'd slipped some money to the guards.
Idioms: ↑give somebody the slip ▪ ↑let slip something ▪ ↑let something slip ▪ slip of a boy/girl ▪ ↑slip of the pen ▪ ↑slip one over on somebody ▪ ↑slip through the net ▪ ↑slip your mind ▪ ↑there's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip
Derived: ↑slip away ▪ ↑slip out ▪ ↑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.
see also ↑Freudian slip

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
see also ↑payslip

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
•fielding in the slips

Word Origin:
v. and n. sense 1 n. senses 3 to 5 Middle English ‘move quickly and softly’ Middle Low German slippen ↑slipperyn. sense 2 late Middle English Middle Dutch Middle Low German slippe ‘cut, strip’

Synonyms:
mistake
error • inaccuracy • slip • howler • misprint
These are all words for a word, figure or fact that is not said, written down or typed correctly.
mistake • a word or figure that is not said or written down correctly: ▪ It's a common mistake among learners of English. ◇ ▪ spelling mistakes
error • (rather formal) a word, figure, etc. that is not said or written down correctly: ▪ There are too many errors in your work.
Error is a more formal way of saying mistake.
inaccuracy • (rather formal) a piece of information that is not exactly correct: ▪ The article is full of inaccuracies.
slip • a small mistake, usually made by being careless or not paying attention
howler • (informal, especially BrE) a stupid mistake, especially in what sb says or writes: ▪ The report is full of howlers.
A howler is usually an embarrassing mistake which shows that the person who made it does not know sth that they really should know.
misprint • a small mistake in a printed text
a(n) mistake/error/inaccuracy/slip/howler/misprint in sth
to make a(n) mistake/error/slip/howler
to contain/be full of mistakes/errors/inaccuracies/howlers/misprints

Example Bank:
•He got over fifty rejection slips before his novel was published.
•He sent his cheque with a compliments slip.
•He wrote the address on a slip of paper.
•His father signed a permission slip for a school field trip.
•His team cannot afford any slips.
•I didn't mean to say that— it was just a slip of the tongue.
•Please detach and return the slip below.
•She made a couple of unfortunate slips during the talk.
•The Senator returns the blue slip with an indication whether he or she supports or opposes the nominee.
•Thousands of workers were handed pink slips.
•a bank deposit slip
•Please fill in the tear-off slip and return it the office.
•a Freudian slip