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slip  (slips plural & 3rd person present) (slipping present participle) (slipped past tense & past participle )
1  verb If you slip, you accidentally slide and lose your balance. 
He had slipped on an icy pavement...  V 
2  verb If something slips, it slides out of place or out of your hand. 
His glasses had slipped...  V 
3  verb If you slip somewhere, you go there quickly and quietly. 
Amy slipped downstairs and out of the house...  V adv/prep 
4  verb If you slip something somewhere, you put it there quickly in a way that does not attract attention. 
I slipped a note under Louise's door...  V n prep 
5  verb If you slip something  to  someone, you give it to them secretly. 
Robert had slipped her a note in school...  V n n 
6  verb To slip into a particular state or situation means to pass gradually into it, in a way that is hardly noticed.  (=slide) 
It amazed him how easily one could slip into a routine...  V into n 
7  verb If something slips to  a lower level or standard, it falls to that level or standard. 
Shares slipped to 117p...  V to/from/by amount/n 
8  verb If you slip into or  out of clothes or shoes, you put them on or take them off quickly and easily. 
She slipped out of the jacket and tossed it on the couch...  V into/out of n 
9  n-count A slip is a small or unimportant mistake. 
We must be well prepared, there must be no slips.  
10  n-count A slip of  paper is a small piece of paper. 
...little slips of paper he had torn from a notebook...  
11  n-count A slip is a thin piece of clothing that a woman wears under her dress or skirt. 
12 
 →  Freudian slip 
13 If you give someone the slip, you escape from them when they are following you or watching you. 
INFORMAL 
♦ give sb the slip  phrase 
He gave reporters the slip by leaving at midnight.  
14 If you let slip information, you accidentally tell it to someone, when you wanted to keep it secret. 
♦ let slip  phrase 
I bet he let slip that I'd gone to America.  
15 If something slips your mind, you forget about it. 
♦ slip your mind  phrase 
The reason for my visit had obviously slipped his mind.  
16 
 →  to slip through  your fingers 
 →  finger 
 →  slip of the tongue 
 →  tongue slip in  phrasal verb If you slip in a question or comment, you ask or make it without interrupting the flow of the conversation. 
Slip in a few questions about other things...  V P n (not pron) slip through  phrasal verb If something slips through a set of checks or rules, it is accepted when in fact it should not be.