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Meanings of slip in English

Wikidata

A woman's sleeveless undergarment.

Portuguese
solecismo
Catalan
solecisme

A socially awkward or tactless act.

solecismo
Portuguese
erro
Catalan
lapsus
Spanish
lapsus

A minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.

erro
Portuguese
atracadouro

A place where a craft can be made fast.

atracadouro
Usage of slip in English
1
A year ago, however, that name started to slip away from her.
Blind willow, sleeping woman
2
Nikki almost let slip the truth and said, For the moral support.
Frozen Heat
3
He asked her to write her question on a slip of paper.
The new yorker
4
Well I hope they choose to let slip a little more today.
The Neutronium Alchemist
5
Think I'll just slip in there and tell Marion the good news.
The ginger man
6
Brokers anticipate that current year profits will slip to around £9 million.
The Irish Times
7
Local media has reported several instances of security slip-ups at the facilities.
Reuters
8
Could slip into Un Certain Regard if they feel a bit Gray-heavy.
The Irish Times
9
The best approach has been anchor fishing them and fishing slip bobbers.
Chicago sun times
10
He held a slip of paper: a telegram addressed to Thomas Morris.
Tommy's honor: the story of old tom morris and young tom morris,...
11
We minorities weren't naïve enough to slip up and ask embargoed questions.
Feminist dot com
12
However, his absence through injury has seen the side slip to 17th.
The South African
13
Few of us want our political debate to slip into rampant obscenity.
The Guardian
14
Surely they'd figure out soon enough that she'd given them the slip.
Vicious
15
The Houston story is too good to let it slip by undocumented.
The Irish Times
16
The National Roads Authority confirmed the permanent slip-road will open at 6am.
The Irish Times