Definition of 'slip'

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Noun

1. a socially awkward or tactless act
      Synonyms: faux pas gaffe solecism gaucherie
2. a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.
      Synonyms: slip-up miscue parapraxis
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
      Synonyms: cutting
5. a young and slender person; "he's a mere slip of a lad"
6. a place where a craft can be made fast
      Synonyms: mooring moorage berth
7. 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. a slippery smoothness; "he could feel the slickness of the tiller"
      Synonyms: slickness slick slipperiness
9. artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material
      Synonyms: strip
10. a small sheet of paper; "a receipt slip"
       Synonyms: slip of paper
11. a woman's sleeveless undergarment
       Synonyms: chemise shimmy shift teddy
12. bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow; "the burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase"
       Synonyms: case pillowcase pillow slip
13. an unexpected slide
       Synonyms: skid sideslip
14. a flight maneuver; aircraft slides sideways in the air
       Synonyms: sideslip
15. the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning)
       Synonyms: elusion eluding

Verb

1. move stealthily; "The ship slipped away in the darkness"
      Synonyms: steal
2. insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly; "He slipped some money into the waiter's hand"
3. move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner; "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk"
      Synonyms: skid slue slew slide
4. get worse; "My grades are slipping"
      Synonyms: drop off drop away fall away
5. move smoothly and easily
6. to make a mistake or be incorrect
      Synonyms: err mistake
7. pass on stealthily; "He slipped me the key when nobody was looking"
      Synonyms: sneak
8. pass out of one's memory
      Synonyms: slip one's mind
9. 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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