n.
- a surface of which one end or side is at a higher level than another.
▸a difference in level or sideways position between two ends or sides.
▸a part of the side of a hill or mountain, especially as a place for skiing.
- US informal, offensive a person from East Asia, especially a Vietnamese.
v.
- be inclined from a horizontal or vertical line; slant up or down.
- Brit. informal move in an idle or aimless manner.
▸
(slope off)
leave unobtrusively in order to evade work or duty.
Phrase
- at the slope
Military (of a rifle) held with the barrel on the left shoulder and the butt in the left hand. - slope arms
Military hold a rifle at the slope.
Etymology
C16: from the obs. adverb slope, a shortening of aslope.
