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Slip

verb

(past & past part. slipped; pres. part. slipping)

1.

Move stealthily. Synonym: steal.

2.

Insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly.

3.

Move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner. Synonyms: skid, slew, slide, slue.

4.

Get worse. Synonyms: drop away, drop off, fall away.

5.

Move smoothly and easily. "Water slipped from the polished marble"

6.

To make a mistake or be incorrect. Synonyms: err, mistake.

7.

Pass on stealthily. Synonym: sneak.

8.

Move easily.

9.

Cause to move with a smooth or sliding motion.

10.

Pass out of one's memory. Synonym: slip one's mind.

11.

Move out of position. Synonyms: dislocate, luxate, splay. "The artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically"

noun

1.

A socially awkward or tactless act. Synonyms: faux pas, gaffe, gaucherie, solecism.

2.

A minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.. Synonyms: miscue, parapraxis, slip-up.

3.

Potter's clay that is thinned and used for coating or decorating ceramics.

4.

A part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting. Synonym: cutting.

5.

A young and slender person.

6.

A place where a craft can be made fast. Synonyms: berth, moorage, mooring.

7.

An accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall. Synonym: trip. "The jolt caused many slips and a few spills"

8.

A slippery smoothness. Synonyms: slick, slickness, slipperiness.

9.

Artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material. Synonym: strip.

10.

A small sheet of paper. Synonym: slip of paper.

11.

A woman's sleeveless undergarment. Synonyms: chemise, shift, shimmy, teddy.

12.

Bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow. Synonyms: case, pillow slip, pillowcase.

13.

An unexpected slide. Synonyms: sideslip, skid.

14.

A flight maneuver; aircraft slides sideways in the air. Synonym: sideslip.

15.

The act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning). Synonyms: eluding, elusion.

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"Slip" Quotes from Famous Books

... who had formerly been the master of a piratical schooner, at the time when Matanzas was the head-quarters of pirates, before Commodore Porter in the Enterprise broke up the haunt. When the surgeon arrived he pronounced my wound very slight, and a slip of sticking-plaster and my arm in a sling was thought to be all that was necessary. After Captain Hopkins and myself got on board that night, he told me a story, the repetition of which may somewhat surprise you, Frank. Do you ...

— Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 3. March 1848 • Various

... be chary, young Robert and Mary, No time let slip, not a moment wait! If the fiddle would play it must stop its tuning; And they who would wed must be done with their mooning; So let the churn rattle, see well to the cattle, And pile the ...

— The Home Book of Verse, Vol. 3 (of 4) • Various

... growed to be Almost a man in size,— Was more than a pride and joy to me, With his mother's smilin' eyes.— He gimme the slip, when the War broke out, And followed me. And I Never knowed till the first right's end ... I found him, ...

— Riley Songs of Home • James Whitcomb Riley

... had plain waisties wid long skirts gathered on to 'em. In hot weather chillun wore jus' one piece; dat was a plain slip, but in cold weather us had plenty of good warm clothes. Dey wove cotton and wool together to make warm cloth for our winter clothes and made shoes for us to wear in winter too. Marster evermore did believe in takin' good ...

— Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves - Georgia Narratives, Part 3 • Works Projects Administration

... the nuptial music," he remarked accidentally; and then, feeling obliged to take advantage of the slip of the tongue, he said, "Lohengrin and Elsa are in the bridal ...

— Evelyn Innes • George Moore

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