How to pronounce slip

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What slip means

noun

Most people know slip in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.

A cutting from a plant, used to grow a new one

In a sentence: Grandma snipped a slip from her geranium and set it in a jar of water to grow roots.

Where it comes from: This meaning probably came from an old Dutch or German word, slippe, which may go back to a root meaning to split. It is a different word from slip, to slide.

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