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SLIP

Definition:

1. [noun] a socially awkward or tactless act
   Synonyms: faux pas, gaffe, solecism, gaucherie
   
   
2. [noun] a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.
   Synonyms: -up, miscue, parapraxis
   
   
3. [noun] potter's clay that is thinned and used for coating or decorating ceramics
   
   
4. [noun] a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting
   Synonyms: cutting
   
   
5. [noun] a young and slender person; "he's a mere slip of a lad"
   
   
6. [noun] a place where a craft can be made fast
   Synonyms: mooring, moorage, berth
   
   
7. [noun] an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall; "he blamed his slip on the ice"; "the jolt caused many slips and a few spills"
   Synonyms: trip
   
   
8. [noun] a slippery smoothness; "he could feel the slickness of the tiller"
   Synonyms: slickness, slick, periness
   
   
9. [noun] artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material
   Synonyms: strip
   
   
10. [noun] a small sheet of paper; "a receipt slip"
    Synonyms: of paper
    
    
11. [noun] a woman's sleeveless undergarment
    Synonyms: chemise, shimmy, shift, teddies, teddy
    
    
12. [noun] bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow; "the burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase"
    Synonyms: case, pillowcase, pillow
    
    
13. [noun] an unexpected slide
    Synonyms: skid, side
    
    
14. [noun] a flight maneuver; aircraft slides sideways in the air
    Synonyms: side
    
    
15. [noun] the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning)
    Synonyms: elusion, eluding
    
    
16. [verb] move stealthily; "The ship slipped away in the darkness"
    Synonyms: steal
    
    
17. [verb] insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly; "He slipped some money into the waiter's hand"
    
    
18. [verb] move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner; "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk"
    Synonyms: skid, slue, slew, slide
    
    
19. [verb] get worse; "My grades are slipping"
    Synonyms: drop off, drop away, fall away
    
    
20. [verb] move smoothly and easily
    
    
21. [verb] to make a mistake or be incorrect
    Synonyms: err, mistake
    
    
22. [verb] pass on stealthily; "He slipped me the key when nobody was looking"
    Synonyms: sneak
    
    
23. [verb] pass out of one's memory
    Synonyms: one's mind
    
    
24. [verb] move out of position; "dislocate joints"; "the artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically"
    Synonyms: dislocate, luxate, splay
    
    

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Related Words:

• submarine
• skid
• side-slip
• lapse, backslide
• misremember
• stumble, slip up, trip up
• misjudge
• fall for
• Freudian slip
• quickset
• spill, tumble, fall
• band
• band, ring
• cramp, cramp iron
• edge, margin
• lead, leading
• mullion
• ribbon, typewriter ribbon
• screed
• stay
• tab
• tape
• ticker tape
• weather strip, weather stripping

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