Topic: CRICKET
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Sense: 1,8
| Date: | 1400-1500 |
| Language: | Middle Dutch |
| Origin: | Middle Low German slippe 'split, slit, flap' |
| Date: | 1400-1500 |
| Origin: | SLIP1 |
| Origin: | Old English slypa 'slime' |
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slip2
3 a small mistake you make when you are speaking or writing, especially by using the wrong word : 
It was just a slip of the tongue.
slip of the tongue/pen
It was just a slip of the tongue.4 to escape from someone who is chasing you : Somehow she'd given them the slip.
give somebody the slip
informalSomehow she'd given them the slip.5 a piece of underwear, similar to a thin dress or skirt, that a woman wears under a dress or skirt : a white silk slip
clothing
[countable]DCCa white silk slip6 an occasion when something becomes worse or lower
getting worse
[countable usually singular]7 an act of sliding a short distance or of falling by sliding
slide
[countable]9 a part of the field where players stand, trying to catch the ball in cricket
cricket
[countable usually plural]DSC10 a mixture of clay and water that is used for decorating pots
