slip
move stealthily
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,490 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 6,834 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
verb
- move stealthily also: steal The ship slipped away in the darkness
- insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly He slipped some money into the waiter's hand
- move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner also: skid, slue, slew, slide the wheels skidded against the sidewalk
- get worse also: drop off, drop away, fall away My grades are slipping
- move smoothly and easily the bolt slipped into placewater slipped from the polished marble
- to make a mistake or be incorrect also: err, mistake
slip in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Here the lithe creature tried to slip through.
Cornelli · Johanna Spyri · Chapter 1
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Even then Bobby remarked that those reserved features let slip no positive emotion.
The Abandoned Room · Wadsworth Camp · Chapter 1
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She never let slip a chance to help any one in any way.
Emily Fox-Seton · Frances Hodgson Burnett · Chapter 1
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Maxence let the sheets slip slowly: in two seconds M. Favoral stood on the pavement below.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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I tried to keep from seeing his horrible face as the rope began to slip through his fingers.
The Land of the Changing Sun · Will N. (Will Nathaniel) Harben · Chapter 1