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I . slip <-pp-> [slɪp] N

1. slip (on ice, etc):

slip

2. slip (mistake):

slip
slip of the tongue
lapso m
slip of the tongue

3. slip COMM:

slip
a slip of paper

4. slip (women's underwear):

slip

5. slip fig:

to give sb the slip

II . slip <-pp-> [slɪp] VB intr

1. slip (slide):

slip
slip

2. slip (move quietly):

slip

3. slip (decline):

slip

III . slip <-pp-> [slɪp] VB trans

slip away VB intr

slip in VB trans

slip in

slip out VB intr

slip out

slip-up N

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
The game ends when ten ships slip past the player's cannon.
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The worker is issued a payment slip and may go to the post office and claim her money.
www.thehindu.com
She worked as a seamstress making slip covers and draperies up until her death.
newsone.com
In the new new-media age you could scarcely slip a cigarette paper between the public and the private realm.
www.telegraph.co.uk
Make a slip-knot in yarn and put it on the crochet hook or right-hand needle.
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It is why there has been such a neuralgic response to the move this week to let the yuan slip to a four-year low of 6.4260 against the dollar.
www.telegraph.co.uk
It would mean that soldiers would be able to slip past surveillance using thermal technology without being seen.
www.dailymail.co.uk
Their shoulder rank badge consists of a white band that takes up about half the slip-on rankslide.
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At hydrogen concentrations above the solubility limit, brittle hydrides are precipitated on slip planes and cause severe embrittlement.
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Deadpan is his forte, but he can slip into exaggerated reactions as well.
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