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slip verb

  /slɪp/
  • (intransitive) To lose one’s traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of friction.
 liukastua
  • (transitive) To cause to move smoothly and quickly; to slide; to convey gently or secretly.
 langeta, lipsahtaa, lipsua, livahtaa, sujauttaa
  • (transitive) To cut slips from; to cut; to take off; to make a slip or slips of.
 lipsauttaa
  • (intransitive) To move or fly (out of place); to shoot; often with out, off, etc.
 lipsua

slip noun

  /slɪp/
  • A twig or shoot; a cutting.
 pistokas, oksa
  • A small piece of paper, especially one longer than it is wide, typically a form for writing on or one giving printed information.
 lappunen, lipuke, liuska

slip noun

  /slɪp/
  • 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.
 alushame
  • (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.
 jättämä, liukastuminen, luiskahdus
  • A mistake or error.
  • (medicine) A one-time return to previous maladaptive behaviour after cure.
 lipsahdus

slip noun

  /slɪp/
  • (ceramics) A thin, slippery mix of clay and water.
 saviliete
slip of the tongue
lapsus, lipsahdus
slip of the pen
kirjoitusvirhe
pink slip
irtisanomisilmoitus, katsastustodistus, rekisteriote
give someone the slip
livahtaa, livistää
slip away
häipyä, kadota
Freudian slip
freudilainen lipsahdus
slip knot
vetosilmukka
there's many a slip twixt cup and lip
moni asia voi mennä pieleen
slip road
liittymätie, ramppi
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