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outslip

outslip verb: to escape, to slip away from.

Verb

outslip (third-person singular simple present outslips, present participle outslipping, simple past and past participle outslipped)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To escape, to slip away from.

Noun

outslip (plural outslips)

  1. (obsolete) Something that has slipped out; a mistake, a slip.
    • I often hazard upon certaine outslips [translating boutades] of my minde for which I distrust my selfe; and certaine verball wilie-beguilies, whereat I shake mine eares; but I let them runne at hab or nab […].1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, Essays, III.8

Forms of outslip

Verb
third-person singular presentoutslips
present participleoutslipping
past participleoutslipped
pastoutslipped
Noun
pluraloutslips

Origin of outslip

From out- + slip.

Questions about outslip

What does outslip mean?
Outslip means to escape, to slip away from.
What part of speech is outslip?
Outslip can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of outslip?
The past tense of outslip is outslipped.

Words near outslip in the dictionary

  1. outslinging
  2. outslings
  3. outslink
  4. outslinking
  5. outslinks
  6. outslip
  7. outslips
  8. outslope
  9. outslopes
  10. outslug
  11. outslugged

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