outslip

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verb

To escape, to slip away from.

First used 17th c.Scrabble 9
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Meanings

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

present singular third person outslips · participle present outslipping · participle past outslipped · past outslipped

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo escape, to slip away from.First known use 17th c.
nounoutslip (plural outslips)

plural outslips

  1. obsoleteSomething that has slipped out; a mistake, a slip.First known use 17th c.

    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

Origin

From out- + slip.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

slipout
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APA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “outslip,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outslip.

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