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slip
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: sl?p, IPA(key): /sl?p/
- Rhymes: -?p
Etymology 1
From Middle English slyp, slep, slyppe, from Old English slyp, slyppe, slipa (“a viscous, slimy substance”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *sleupan? (“to slip, sneak”), possibly connected with Proto-Indo-European *slewb-, *slewb?- (“slip, slide”), from Proto-Indo-European *sel- (“to sneak, crawl”); or alternatively from Proto-Germanic *slippijan? (“to glide”), from Proto-Indo-European *sleyb- (“slimy; to glide”). Compare Old English sl?pan (“to slip, glide”), Old English c?slyppe, c?sloppe (“cowslip”).
Noun
slip (countable and uncountable, plural slips)
- (ceramics) A thin, slippery mix of clay and water.
- (obsolete) Mud, slime.
Translations
Etymology 2
Probably from Middle Dutch slippe or Middle Low German slippe.
Noun
slip (plural slips)
- A twig or shoot; a cutting.
- (obsolete) A descendant, a scion.
- A young person (now usually with of introducing descriptive qualifier).
- A long, thin piece of something.
- ?, Alfred Tennyson, Oenone
- moonlit slips of silver cloud
- ?, Alfred Tennyson, Oenone
- A small piece of paper, especially one longer than it is wide, typically a form for writing on or one giving printed information.
- (marine insurance) A memorandum of the particulars of a risk for which a policy is to be executed. It usually bears the broker's name and is initiated by the underwriters.
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 3
Apparently from Middle Low German slippen. Cognate to Dutch slippen, German schlüpfen. Possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *slewb?- (“slip, slide”).
Verb
slip (third-person singular simple present slips, present participle slipping, simple past and past participle slipped or (obsolete) slipt)
- (intransitive) To lose one’s traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of friction.
- (intransitive) To err.
- There is one that slippeth in his speech, but not from his heart.
- (intransitive) To accidentally reveal a secret or otherwise say something unintentional.
- (intransitive) To move or fly (out of place); to shoot; often with out, off, etc.
- (transitive) To pass (a note, money, etc.), often covertly.
- (transitive) To cause to move smoothly and quickly; to slide; to convey gently or secretly.
- 1712, John Arbuthnot, The History of John Bull
- He tried to slip a powder into her drink.
- 1712, John Arbuthnot, The History of John Bull
- (intransitive) To move quickly and often secretively; to depart, withdraw, enter, appear, intrude, or escape as if by sliding.
- 1718, Matthew Prior, Alma, Canto II
- Thus one tradesman slips away, / To give his partner fairer play.
- Thrice the flitting shadow slipped away.
- 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
- We slipped along the hedges, noiseless and swift […]
- 1718, Matthew Prior, Alma, Canto II
- (intransitive, figuratively) To move down; to slide.
- Profits have slipped over the past six months.
- (transitive, hunting, falconry) To release (a dog, a bird of prey, etc.) to go after a quarry.
- (intransitive, aviation, of an aircraft) To fly with the longitudinal axis misaligned with the relative wind; to sideslip.
- (transitive, cooking) To remove the skin of a soft fruit, such as a tomato or peach, by blanching briefly in boiling water, then transferring to cold water so that the skin peels, or slips, off easily.
- (obsolete) To omit; to lose by negligence.
- And slip no advantage / That may secure you.
- To cut slips from; to cut; to take off; to make a slip or slips of.
- 1707, John Mortimer, The whole Art of Husbandry
- The branches also may be slipped and planted.
- 1707, John Mortimer, The whole Art of Husbandry
- To cause to slip or slide off, or out of place.
- To bring forth (young) prematurely; to slink.
- (transitive, business) To cause (a schedule or release, etc.) to go, or let it go, beyond the allotted deadline.
Translations
Noun
slip (plural slips)
- An act or instance of slipping.
- I had a slip on the ice and bruised my hip.
- A woman's undergarment worn under a skirt or dress to conceal unwanted nudity that may otherwise be revealed by the skirt or dress itself; a shift.
- A slipdress.
- A mistake or error.
- a slip of the tongue
- This good man's slip mended his pace to martyrdom.
- (nautical) A berth; a space for a ship to moor.
- (nautical) A difference between the theoretical distance traveled per revolution of the propeller and the actual advance of the vessel.
- (nautical) A slipway.
- (medicine) A one-time return to previous maladaptive behaviour after cure.
- (cricket) Any of several fielding positions to the off side of the wicket keeper, designed to catch the ball after being deflected from the bat; a fielder in that position (See first slip, second slip, third slip, fourth slip and fifth slip.)
- A number between 0 and 1 that is the difference between the angular speed of a rotating magnetic field and the angular speed of its rotor, divided by the angular speed of the magnetic field.
- A leash or string by which a dog is held; so called from its being made in such a manner as to slip, or become loose, by relaxation of the hand.
- 1852, Samuel Baker, The Rifle and the Hound in Ceylon
- We stalked over the extensive plains with Killbuck and Lena in the slips, in search of deer.
- 1852, Samuel Baker, The Rifle and the Hound in Ceylon
- An escape; a secret or unexpected desertion.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)
- (aviation) Sideslip.
- (printing, dated) A portion of the columns of a newspaper etc. struck off by itself; a proof from a column of type when set up and in the galley.
- (dated) A child's pinafore.
- An outside covering or case.
- (obsolete) A counterfeit piece of money, made from brass covered with silver.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)
- Matter found in troughs of grindstones after the grinding of edge tools.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir W. Petty to this entry?)
- (ceramics) An aqueous suspension of minerals, usually clay, used, among other things, to stick workpieces together.
- A particular quantity of yarn.
- (Britain, dated) A narrow passage between buildings.
- (US) A long seat or narrow pew in churches, often without a door.
- (mining) A dislocation of a lead, destroying continuity.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?)
- (engineering) The motion of the centre of resistance of the float of a paddle wheel, or the blade of an oar, through the water horizontally, or the difference between a vessel's actual speed and the speed it would have if the propelling instrument acted upon a solid; also, the velocity, relatively to still water, of the backward current of water produced by the propeller.
- (electrical) The difference between the actual and synchronous speeds of an induction motor.
- A fish, the sole.
Synonyms
- (a mistake): blooper, blunder, boo-boo, defect, error, fault, faux pas, fluff, gaffe, lapse, mistake, stumble, thinko
- (return to previous behaviour): lapse
Translations
Derived terms
- (undergarment): full slip, waist slip
Related terms
References
- slip at OneLook Dictionary Search
- slip in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- LIPs, LISP, LSPI, Lisp, lips, lisp, pils
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sl?p/
- Hyphenation: slip
- Rhymes: -?p
Etymology 1
From English slip, probably via French slip. The English word may itself be derived from Middle Dutch slippen (etymology 3 and 4) below.
Noun
slip f (plural slips, diminutive slipje n)
- A pair of briefs, a short type of underpants which covers the buttocks but nothing below
- (by extension, for women) A pair of knickers, any female underpants
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch slippe, sleppe. Related with German Schlips (“necktie”).
Noun
slip f (plural slippen, diminutive slipje n)
- tail, part of an upper garment hanging below the waist
Etymology 3
Deverbal from slippen (etymology 4).
Noun
slip m (uncountable)
- skid, an act or instance of slipping.
Descendants
- ? Indonesian: slip
Etymology 4
Verb
slip
- first-person singular present indicative of slippen
- imperative of slippen
Anagrams
- pils
French
Etymology
From English to slip.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /slip/
Noun
slip m (plural slips)
- briefs (men's underwear)
Derived terms
- slip de bain
Further reading
- “slip” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- plis
Indonesian
Etymology 1
- From Dutch slip, the deverbal of slippen. Apparently from Middle Low German slippen. Possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *slewb?- (“slip, slide”).
- Semantic loan from English slip (“small piece of paper”) for sense of small piece of paper, which came from above.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?slip]
- Hyphenation: slip
Noun
slip (first-person possessive slipku, second-person possessive slipmu, third-person possessive slipnya)
- slip:
- an act or instance of slipping.
- Synonyms: tergelincir, selip
- small piece of paper.
- an act or instance of slipping.
Etymology 2
From English slip, from Middle English slyp, slep, slyppe, from Old English slyp, slyppe, slipa (“a viscous, slimy substance”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *sleupan? (“to slip, sneak”), possibly connected with Proto-Indo-European *slewb-, *slewb?- (“slip, slide”), from Proto-Indo-European *sel- (“to sneak, crawl”); or alternatively from Proto-Germanic *slippijan? (“to glide”), from Proto-Indo-European *sleyb- (“slimy; to glide”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?slip]
- Hyphenation: slip
Noun
slip (first-person possessive slipku, second-person possessive slipmu, third-person possessive slipnya)
- (archaeology, ceramics) slip: a thin, slippery mix of clay and water.
Further reading
- “slip” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Italian
Noun
slip m (invariable)
- Men's or women's underwear (knickers, panties)
- swimming trunks
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
slip
- imperative of slipe
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
- (Ijekavian, standard): slij?p
Etymology 1
From Proto-Slavic *sl?p?.
Adjective
slip (Cyrillic spelling ????)
- (Chakavian, Ikavian) blind
- 1375, N.N., Muka svete Margarite (transcribed from Glagolitic original):
- Slipi jeste [luduju?i],
- vaše boge veruju?i
- kî nigdare vas ne sliše
- ni vas koga [kad] utiše.
- late 15th century or early 16th century, Šiško Men?eti?, Ako ?eš, Stijepo moj, za mene što stvorit:
- Ter je prem sasma slip tko ne zri suna?ce
- 1546, Petar Zorani?, Planine:
- To j' uzrok da travi tako slip bog ljubven,
- a ne kako pravi tkogod nenau?en.
- 1559, Marin Drži?, Hekuba:
- Ma ovo nadvor gre u srdžbi i u gnijevu vas,
- krv s o?i slipih tre, s oružjem gre put nas;
- 1630s, Ivan Gunduli?, Osman:
- I gdi unutri o mrak slipi
- Nepoznat se junak hvata
- 1759, Antun Kanižli?
- Zato slipi, koji sri?i tamjan nose
- i u tugah svojih pomo? od nje prose;
- slipi, koji scine, da je ona ku?a,
- gdi ona prosine, svitla i mogu?a,
- i da dili blago slipa vila svima,
- i kad joj je drago, opet uzme njima.
- Zato slipi, koji sri?i tamjan nose
- 1762, Matija Antun Relkovi?, Satir iliti divji ?ovik:
- Zar ste slipi, tere ne vidite?
- 1375, N.N., Muka svete Margarite (transcribed from Glagolitic original):
Etymology 2
Neologism, from English slip (of paper).
Noun
slip m (Cyrillic spelling ????)
- Credit or debit card receipt
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /es?lip/, [es?lip]
Noun
slip m (plural slip)
- male briefs
- female underpants(less usual meaning)
References
- Krueger, Dennis (December 1982). "Why On Earth Do They Call It Throwing?" Studio Potter Vol. 11, Number 1.[3]
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From English sleep.
Verb
slip
- sleep
Volapük
Etymology
Borrowed from English sleep.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /slip/
Noun
slip (nominative plural slips)
- sleep
Declension
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touch
English
Etymology
From Middle English touchen, tochen, from Old French tochier (“to touch”) (whence Modern French toucher; compare French doublet toquer (“to offend, bother, harass”)), from Vulgar Latin *tucc? (“to knock, strike, offend”), from Frankish *tukk?n (“to knock, strike, touch”), from Proto-Germanic *tukk?n? (“to tug, grab, grasp”), from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to draw, pull, lead”). Displaced native Middle English rinen, from Old English hr?nan (“to touch, reach, strike”)" (whence Modern English rine); Middle English repen, from Old English hrepian.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t?t??/, enPR: tûch
- Rhymes: -?t?
Verb
touch (third-person singular simple present touches, present participle touching, simple past and past participle touched)
- Primarily physical senses.
- (transitive) To make physical contact with; to bring the hand, finger or other part of the body into contact with. [from 14th c.]
- (transitive) To come into (involuntary) contact with; to meet or intersect. [from 14th c.]
- (intransitive) To come into physical contact, or to be in physical contact. [from 14th c.]
- (intransitive) To make physical contact with a thing. [from 14th c.]
- (transitive) To physically disturb; to interfere with, molest, or attempt to harm through contact. [from 14th c.]
- Let us make a covenant with thee, that thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee.
- (transitive) To cause to be briefly in contact with something.
- He quickly touched his knee to the worn marble.
- The demonstrator nearly touched the rod on the ball.
- She touched her lips to the glass.
- (transitive) To physically affect in specific ways implied by context. [from 15th c.]
- (transitive) To consume, or otherwise use. [from 15th c.]
- (intransitive) Of a ship or its passengers: to land, to make a short stop (at). [from 16th c.]
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick:
- Now a certain grand merchant ship once touched at Rokovoko, and its commander — from all accounts, a very stately punctilious gentleman, at least for a sea captain — this commander was invited to the wedding feast of Queequeg's sister, a pretty young princess just turned of ten.
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick:
- (transitive, now historical) To lay hands on (someone suffering from scrofula) as a form of cure, as formerly practised by English and French monarchs. [from 17th c.]
- 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society (2012), page 189:
- But in fact the English kings of the seventeenth century usually began to touch form the day of their accession, without waiting for any such consecration.
- 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society (2012), page 189:
- (transitive or reflexive) To sexually excite with the fingers; to finger or masturbate. [from 20th c.]
- (intransitive, obsolete) To fasten; to take effect; to make impression.
- (nautical) To bring (a sail) so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes.
- (intransitive, nautical) To be brought, as a sail, so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes.
- (nautical) To keep the ship as near (the wind) as possible.
- (transitive) To make physical contact with; to bring the hand, finger or other part of the body into contact with. [from 14th c.]
- Primarily non-physical senses.
- (transitive) To imbue or endow with a specific quality. [from 14th c.]
- (transitive, archaic) To deal with in speech or writing; to mention briefly, to allude to. [from 14th c.]
- , I.2.4.vii:
- Next to sorrow still I may annex such accidents as procure fear; for besides those terrors which I have before touched, […] there is a superstitious fear […] which much trouble many of us.
- , I.2.4.vii:
- (intransitive) To deal with in speech or writing; briefly to speak or write (on or upon something). [from 14th c.]
- 1886, Robert Louis Stevenson, Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde
- "Well, but since we have touched upon this business, and for the last time I hope," continued the doctor, "there is one point I should like you to understand."
- 1886, Robert Louis Stevenson, Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde
- (transitive) To concern, to have to do with. [14th-19th c.]
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Acts V:
- Men of Israhell take hede to youreselves what ye entende to do as touchinge these men.
- 1919, Saki, ‘The Penance’, The Toys of Peace, Penguin 2000 (Complete Short Stories), page 423:
- And now it seemed he was engaged in something which touched them closely, but must be hidden from their knowledge.
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Acts V:
- (transitive) To affect emotionally; to bring about tender or painful feelings in. [from 14th c.]
- 1603, William Shakespeare, Othello, Act IV, sc. 1:
- If you are so fond over her iniquity, give her patent
- to offend, for if it touch not you, it comes near
- nobody.
- 1603, William Shakespeare, Othello, Act IV, sc. 1:
- (transitive, dated) To affect in a negative way, especially only slightly. [from 16th c.]
- (transitive, Scottish history) To give royal assent to by touching it with the sceptre. [from 17th c.]
- (transitive, slang) To obtain money from, usually by borrowing (from a friend). [from 18th c.]
- (transitive, always passive) To disturb the mental functions of; to make somewhat insane; often followed with "in the head". [from 18th c.]
- (transitive, in negative constructions) To be on the level of; to approach in excellence or quality. [from 19th c.]
- 1928, Dorothy L. Sayers, "The Abominable History of the Man with Copper Fingers", in Lord Peter Views the Body,
- There was his mistress, Maria Morano. I don't think I've ever seen anything to touch her, and when you work for the screen [as I do] you're apt to have a pretty exacting standard of female beauty.
- 1928, Dorothy L. Sayers, "The Abominable History of the Man with Copper Fingers", in Lord Peter Views the Body,
- (transitive) To come close to; to approach.
- 2012, July 15. Richard Williams in Guardian Unlimited, Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track
- On Sunday afternoon it was as dark as night, with barely room for two riders abreast on a gradient that touches 20%.
- 2012, July 15. Richard Williams in Guardian Unlimited, Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track
- (transitive, computing) To mark (a file or document) as having been modified.
- (transitive) To imbue or endow with a specific quality. [from 14th c.]
- To try; to prove, as with a touchstone.
- To mark or delineate with touches; to add a slight stroke to with the pencil or brush.
- (obsolete) To infect; to affect slightly.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)
- To strike; to manipulate; to play on.
- To perform, as a tune; to play.
- To influence by impulse; to impel forcibly.
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
touch (countable and uncountable, plural touches)
- An act of touching, especially with the hand or finger.
- Suddenly, in the crowd, I felt a touch at my shoulder.
- The faculty or sense of perception by physical contact.
- With the lights out, she had to rely on touch to find her desk.
- The style or technique with which one plays a musical instrument.
- He performed one of Ravel's piano concertos with a wonderfully light and playful touch.
- (music) The particular or characteristic mode of action, or the resistance of the keys of an instrument to the fingers.
- a heavy touch, or a light touch
- A distinguishing feature or characteristic.
- Clever touches like this are what make her such a brilliant writer.
- A little bit; a small amount.
- Move it left just a touch and it will be perfect.
- The part of a sports field beyond the touchlines or goal-lines.
- He got the ball, and kicked it straight out into touch.
- A relationship of close communication or understanding.
- He promised to keep in touch while he was away.
- The ability to perform a task well; aptitude.
- I used to be a great chess player but I've lost my touch.
- (obsolete) Act or power of exciting emotion.
- (obsolete) An emotion or affection.
- 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie
- a true, natural, and a sensible touch of mercy
- 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie
- (obsolete) Personal reference or application.
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Discourse
- Speech of touch toward others should be sparingly used.
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Discourse
- A single stroke on a drawing or a picture.
- 1695, John Dryden, The Art of Painting
- Never give the least touch with your pencil till you have well examined your design.
- 1695, John Dryden, The Art of Painting
- (obsolete) A brief essay.
- 1713, Jonathan Swift, A Preface to Bishop Burnet's Introduction
- Print my preface in such form as, in the booksellers' phrase, will make a sixpenny touch.
- 1713, Jonathan Swift, A Preface to Bishop Burnet's Introduction
- (obsolete) A touchstone; hence, stone of the sort used for touchstone.
- a neat new monument of touch and alabaster
- (obsolete) Examination or trial by some decisive standard; test; proof; tried quality.
- 1602, Richard Carew, Survey of Cornwall
- equity, the true touch of all laws
- 1602, Richard Carew, Survey of Cornwall
- (shipbuilding) The broadest part of a plank worked top and but, or of one worked anchor-stock fashion (that is, tapered from the middle to both ends); also, the angles of the stern timbers at the counters.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of J. Knowles to this entry?)
- The children's game of tag.
- (bell-ringing) A set of changes less than the total possible on seven bells, i.e. less than 5,040.
- (slang) An act of borrowing or stealing something.
- (Britain, plumbing, dated) Tallow.
- Form; standard of performance.
- 2019 In the mix: Who's pushing for selection for round seven? Australian Football League, 30 April 2019. Accessed 6 May 2019.
- Jackson Hately, Isaac Cumming and Nick Shipley have been in great touch in the NEAFL.
- 2019 In the mix: Who's pushing for selection for round seven? Australian Football League, 30 April 2019. Accessed 6 May 2019.
- (Australian rules football) A disposal of the ball during a game, i.e. a kick or a handball.
- 2019 In the mix: Who's pushing for selection for round seven? Australian Football League, 30 April 2019. Accessed 6 May 2019.
- With just six touches, small forward Daniel Rioli was uncharacteristically quiet against Melbourne, although he did lay five tackles.
- 2019 In the mix: Who's pushing for selection for round seven? Australian Football League, 30 April 2019. Accessed 6 May 2019.
Derived terms
Translations
References
- touch at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- chout, couth
Spanish
Adjective
touch (invariable)
- touch; touch-screen
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