English-Norwegian 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
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