Definition

1. Verb:

   • To slip (from/out of): To accidentally lose one's grip on something, causing it to fall or be released.
   • To come off / To slide off: To become detached or to move smoothly off a surface it was attached to or on.
   • To come undone: To become unfastened or loosened (e.g., a knot, a chain).
   • To peel off: For skin to detach in a layer, often due to a burn or injury.

2. Adverb:

   • Directly / Straight (to): Moving to a destination without stopping or deviating.
   • Straight away / Immediately: Doing something at once, without delay.
   • Completely / Altogether: Used after a verb to emphasize that an action is total or absolute.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Cái ly tuột khỏi tay tôi. (The glass slipped from my hand.)
  • Xích xe đạp bị tuột. (The bicycle chain came off.)
  • Anh ấy bị bỏng tuột một mảng da. (He got burned and a patch of skin peeled off.)
• Adverb:
  • Cô ấy chạy tuột về nhà. (She ran straight home.)
  • Cởi tuột áo khoác ra. (Take your jacket off straight away.)
  • Anh ta chối tuột mọi cáo buộc. (He denied all the accusations completely.)

Advanced Usage

• "tuột dốc": To decline sharply, to go downhill (literally and figuratively).
  • Thành tích học tập của nó đang tuột dốc. (His academic performance is declining sharply.)
• "tuột mất": To slip away (often an opportunity or a feeling).
  • Cơ hội vàng đã tuột mất. (The golden opportunity slipped away.)

Variants and Related Words

• Tuột xuống (v): To slide down, to descend.
  • Đứa trẻ tuột xuống từ cầu trượt. (The child slid down the slide.)
• Tụt (v): A close synonym, often used interchangeably for "to slide/slip down" (e.g., tụt dốc, tụt quần).

Synonyms

• Verb: Slip, slide, detach, come undone, peel.
• Adverb: Directly, immediately, outright, completely.

Related Idioms

• Tuột khỏi tầm tay: To slip out of one's grasp (literally and figuratively).
  • Giấc mơ công việc đó đã tuột khỏi tầm tay anh ấy. (That job dream slipped out of his grasp.)
• Nói tuột (colloquial): To blurt out, to say something without thinking.
  • Cô ấy nói tuột ra bí mật. (She blurted out the secret.)

verb

1. to slip to come out (off)

adv

1. directly, straight (to), straight away