slip

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the act of avoiding capture, especially by cunning

   They slipped out of the handcuffs.

2. 2
   noun

   a small sheet of paper

   a receipt slip

3. 3
   noun

   an accidental misstep threatening or causing a fall

   I blamed my slip on the ice.

4. 4
   noun

   a young and slender person

   he's a mere slip of a lad

5. 5
   verb

   insert inconspicuously , quickly or quietly

   I slipped some money into the waiter's hand.

6. 6
   verb

   get worse

   My grades are slipping

7. 7
   verb

   move stealthily

   The ship slipped away in the darkness

8. 8
   verb

   move smoothly and easily

   the bolt slipped into place

Etymology

From Middle English slyp, slep, slyppe, from Old English slyp, slyppe, slipa (“a viscous, slimy substance”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-West Germanic *sleupan, from Proto-Germanic *sleupaną (“to slip, sneak”), possibly connected with Proto-Indo-European *slewb-, *slewbʰ- (“slip, slide”), from Proto-Indo-European *sel- (“to sneak, crawl”); or alternatively from Proto-Germanic *slippijaną (“to glide”), from Proto-Indo-European *sleyb- (“slimy; to glide”). Compare Old English slūpan (“to slip, glide”), Old English cūslyppe, cūsloppe (“cowslip”).