atslip

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verb

To slip away.

OriginMiddle English atslupen ← Old English *ætslūpan →
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Meanings

verbatslip (third-person singular simple present atslips, present participle atslipping, simple past atslipped or atslope, past participle atslipped or atslope or atslopen)

present singular third person atslips · participle present atslipping · past atslipped · past atslope · participle past atslipped · participle past atslope · participle past atslopen

  1. intransitiveobsoleteTo slip away.

Origin

  1. Old English*ætslūpan“to slip away”
  2. Middle Englishatslupen
  3. Englishatslip

From Middle English atslupen, etslupen, ætslupen, from Old English *ætslūpan (“to slip away”), equivalent to at- + slip. See aslip, aslope.

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APA

atslip. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/atslip

MLA

“atslip.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/atslip. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “atslip,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/atslip.

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