Noun
- 1. faux pas, gaffe, solecism, slip, gaucherie, blunder, blooper, bloomer, bungle, pratfall, foul-up, fuckup, flub, botch, boner, boo-boo
- usage: a socially awkward or tactless act
- 2. slip, slip-up, miscue, parapraxis, mistake, error, fault
- usage: a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.
- 3. slip, potter's clay, potter's earth
- usage: potter's clay that is thinned and used for coating or decorating ceramics
- 4. cutting, slip, stalk, stem
- usage: a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting
- 5. slip, young person, youth, younker, spring chicken
- usage: a young and slender person; "he's a mere slip of a lad"
- 6. mooring, moorage, berth, slip, anchorage, anchorage ground
- usage: a place where a craft can be made fast
- 7. slip, trip, mishap, misadventure, mischance
- usage: an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall; "he blamed his slip on the ice"; "the jolt caused many slips and a few spills"
- 8. slickness, slick, slipperiness, slip, smoothness
- usage: a slippery smoothness; "he could feel the slickness of the tiller"
- 9. strip, slip, artifact, artefact
- usage: artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material
- 10. slip, slip of paper, sheet, piece of paper, sheet of paper
- usage: a small sheet of paper; "a receipt slip"
- 11. chemise, shimmy, shift, slip, teddy, undergarment, unmentionable
- usage: a woman's sleeveless undergarment
- 12. case, pillowcase, slip, pillow slip, bed linen
- usage: bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow; "the burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase"
- 13. skid, slip, sideslip, slide, glide, coast
- usage: an unexpected slide
- 14. slip, sideslip, flight maneuver, airplane maneuver
- usage: a flight maneuver; aircraft slides sideways in the air
- 15. slip, elusion, eluding, evasion
- usage: the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning)
Verb
- 1. steal, slip, move
- usage: move stealthily; "The ship slipped away in the darkness"
- 2. slip, insert, enclose, inclose, stick in, put in, introduce
- usage: insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly; "He slipped some money into the waiter's hand"
- 3. skid, slip, slue, slew, slide, glide
- usage: move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner; "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk"
- 4. slip, drop off, drop away, fall away, worsen, decline
- usage: get worse; "My grades are slipping"
- 5. slip, escape, get away, break loose
- usage: move smoothly and easily; "the bolt slipped into place"; "water slipped from the polished marble"
- 6. err, mistake, slip
- usage: to make a mistake or be incorrect
- 7. slip, sneak, pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give
- usage: pass on stealthily; "He slipped me the key when nobody was looking"
- 8. slip, move
- usage: move easily; "slip into something comfortable"
- 9. slip, move, displace
- usage: cause to move with a smooth or sliding motion; "he slipped the bolt into place"
- 10. slip, slip one's mind, forget, block, blank out, draw a blank
- usage: pass out of one's memory
- 11. dislocate, luxate, splay, slip, move, displace
- usage: move out of position; "dislocate joints"; "the artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically"
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