half-slip

1. 1.

   undergarment worn under a skirt

   Synonymspetticoatunderskirt

   Broaderundergarment

   Narrowercrinoline

Questions about half-slip

What does half-slip mean?

half-slip means "undergarment worn under a skirt".

How many syllables are in half-slip?

half-slip has 2 syllables: half--slip. The stress falls on "half-".

What is another word for half-slip?

Close synonyms include petticoat, underskirt. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is half-slip a common word?

half-slip is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.