English-Estonian translations for slip

Definition of slip

• A thin, slippery mix of clay and water
• A twig or shoot; a cutting
• A descendant, a scion
• A young person (now usually with introducing descriptive qualifier
• A long, thin piece of something
• A small piece of paper, especially one longer than it is wide, typically a form for writing on or one giving printed information
• 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
• 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 unintentional
• To pass , often covertly
• To cause to move smoothly and quickly; to slide; to convey gently or secretly
• To move quickly and often secretively; to depart, withdraw, enter, appear, intrude, or escape as if by sliding
• To move down; to slide
• To release to go after a quarry
• 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
• To cut slips from; to cut; to take off; to make a slip or slips of
• To cause to slip or slide off, or out of place
• To bring forth prematurely; to slink
• An act or instance of slipping
• 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 mistake or error
• A berth; a space for a ship to moor
• A slipway
• 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 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
• An escape; a secret or unexpected desertion
• 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
• An outside covering or case
• A counterfeit piece of money, made from brass covered with silver
• Matter found in troughs of grindstones after the grinding of edge tools
• An aqueous suspension of minerals, usually clay, used, among other things, to stick workpieces together
• A narrow passage between buildings
• A dislocation of a lead, destroying continuity
• 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
• A fish, the sole

Examples

• a slip from a vine
• She couldnt hurt a fly, young slip of a girl that she is.
• a salary slip
• A bone may slip out of place.
• She thanked the porter and slipped a ten-dollar bill into his hand.
• Some errors slipped into the appendix.
• Profits have slipped over the past six months.
• to slip a piece of cloth or paper
• A horse slips his bridle; a dog slips his collar.
• I had a slip on the ice and bruised my hip.
• a slip of the tongue
• He gave the warden the slip and escaped from the prison.
• a pillow slip
• the slip or sheath of a sword

Related words

• slipper
• slippery
• cowslip
• payslip
• slipover
• pillowslip
• slipknot
• landslip
• slippy