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to slip

to slip

29 7.2
To move out of its normal position, often causing pain
  • verb
  • /slɪp/
  • Specialized
: dislocarse
  • In the X-rays, they found a slipped disk between the L2 and L3 vertebrae.

Examples

  • While stretching, I suddenly felt my back slip and sharp pain shot through me.

  • The patient will often state that it felt as though his or her shoulder "slipped out of joint."

    Academic text (2003)
  • You're likely to slip in the tub.

  • A few months back, her vertigo got worse, and one morning she slipped in the bathtub and shattered her hip.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • At age forty-five, the midpoint of her life, she experienced a near-fatal accident, slipping on an icy sidewalk.

    Academic text (2014)
  • He slipped a disc while lifting heavy boxes at work and needed to visit a doctor.

  • After he lost his balance, he could feel his shoulder slip out of its normal position.

Synonyms

to dislocate
vsto slip
19 6.5

To move a bone out of its normal place in a joint

often happens without external force, moving out accidentally and causing pain
to luxate
vsto slip
  • Specialized
1 9.9

To move a bone or joint out of its normal position

usually includes pain or injury as a likely result

Antonyms

60 3.5

To put things in a straight line or in the correct position

44 4.3

To become steady and stop changing

Idioms

4.4

Forget to do something you planned to do

Phrasal Verbs

68 3.0

For time to pass without anyone noticing

to slip through
  • Informal
56 4.2

Pass through something so it is not noticed or stopped

55 3.4

To leave a place quietly without anyone noticing

to slip up
  • Informal
44 4.1

To make a small careless mistake

31 3.8

To leave a place quietly without anyone noticing

25 1.9

To put clothes or shoes on quickly and easily

24 2.8

To take off quickly and easily, especially clothes or small items

23 4.4

To add a small comment quietly to a conversation or text

23 5.6

Accidentally tell someone something you want to keep secret

18 3.8

To go past quickly without anyone noticing, as with time or chances

to slip my mind
  • Informal
17 3.4

To forget something you planned to do by accident

to give the slip
  • Informal
11 6.9

To get away from someone who is following you

7 4.1

Lose your balance and fall on wet or muddy ground

1 6.3

To go unnoticed by people or officials

To give someone five pounds or dollars secretly

To start feeling hopeless slowly without noticing

To speak partly in Danish and partly in English by accident

Gradually return to old habits, often bad ones

Compounds

15 3.7

A small careless mistake you make by accident

12 4.0

A written notice telling a worker they have lost their job

11 1.1

A small thin piece of paper for notes or receipts

7 3.7

A small mistake you make while speaking, like saying the wrong name

An accidental mistake in speech that shows hidden thoughts or feelings

3 3.2

A piece of clothing you put on without using laces or buttons

slip noose
  • Specialized
1 8.7

A loop in a rope that gets tighter when pulled

1 6.3

A short piece of underwear worn under a skirt to help it hang smoothly and stop it showing through

1 1.7

A cloth cover for a pillow that you can take off to keep it clean

slip stitch
  • Specialized
1 6.5

A small hidden sewing loop that catches one or two threads to close cloth neatly

strike-slip fault
  • Specialized
1 7.4

A break in the ground where two rock blocks move past each other horizontally

1 3.4

A short road that lets vehicles join or leave a main road like a motorway

cover slip
  • Specialized
1 5.3

A small thin glass piece placed over a sample on a microscope slide to protect it and aid viewing

Slip Slop Slap
  • Archaic
1 8.5

A health slogan telling people to wear a shirt, use sunscreen, and wear a hat for sun protection

slip of the pen
  • Informal
1 3.8

A small mistake made when writing by accident

slip clutch
  • Specialized
1 7.5

A device that lets a machine part move when too much force would damage the machine

slip-joint pliers
  • Specialized
1 5.6

A hand tool with a joint you can move to make the jaws open wider

slip ring
  • Specialized
1 7.4

A metal ring on a rotating part that keeps an electric connection to a fixed part

A disposable or reusable garment to absorb urine and protect clothes and bedding

slip carriage
  • Archaic
9.9

A carriage at the end of a moving train released to stop at a station while the train keeps going

slip coach
  • Archaic
9.9

A carriage at the end of a train that can detach while the train moves to stop at a station

slip friction clutch
  • Specialized
7.2

A device that lets moving parts slide when twisting force is too high to protect machines

An old logging machine that lifts one end of a log with hanging tongs between its wheels

9.9

A thin watery food or drink with little flavor

A historical logging machine that lifts one end of a log with hanging tongs between wheels to move it

9.9

Wheels with hanging metal hooks that lift one end of a log for pulling

How Displaced

to dislocate
19 6.5
to slip
  • Specialized
29 7.2
to subluxate
  • Specialized
1 9.9
to pop out
94 3.1
shift
355 3.5

Surface Forms

slip infinitive
slipped past
slipped past participle
slipping present participle
slips third person singular

Etymology

To slip for a joint or bone is to 'slide' out of its normal place, just like something that slips out of where it should be. That clear image explains why we use slip for a joint moving out of place.