slip
To lose one’s traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of friction.
Verb 4 meanings
To lose one’s traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of friction.
To err.
To accidentally reveal a secret or otherwise say something unintentionally.
To move or fly (out of place); to shoot; often with out, off, etc.
“A bone may slip out of place.”
Noun 3 meanings
An act or instance of slipping.
“I had a slip on the ice and bruised my hip.”
A slipdress.
A mistake or error.
“a slip of the tongue”
Etymology
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”).
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SLIP at a glance
SLIP has 4 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (S 1 + L 1 + I 1 + P 3) and 8 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,406 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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