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outslips

outslips is the plural of outslip.

Meaning of outslip

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

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Questions about outslips

What is outslips the plural of?
Outslips is the plural of outslip.

Words near outslips in the dictionary

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

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