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slip in WordNet English dictionary

noun
  1. a place where a craft can be made fast
    mooring  moorage  berth  slip 
  2. bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow
    "the burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase"
    case  pillowcase  slip  pillow slip 
  3. a woman's sleeveless undergarment
    chemise  shimmy  shift  slip  teddy 
  4. a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting
    cutting  slip 
  5. the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning)
    slip  elusion  eluding 
  6. a socially awkward or tactless act
    faux pas  gaffe  solecism  slip  gaucherie 
  7. a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.
    slip  slip-up  miscue  parapraxis 
  8. an unexpected slide
    skid  slip  sideslip 
  9. a flight maneuver; aircraft slides sideways in the air
    slip  sideslip 
  10. a slippery smoothness
    "he could feel the slickness of the tiller"
    slickness  slick  slipperiness  slip 
  11. artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material
    strip  slip 
  12. a small sheet of paper
    "a receipt slip"
    slip  slip of paper 
  13. an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall
    "he blamed his slip on the ice"; "the jolt caused many slips and a few spills"
    slip  trip 
  14. a young and slender person
    "he's a mere slip of a lad"
    slip 
  15. potter's clay that is thinned and used for coating or decorating ceramics
    slip 
verb
  1. move out of position
    "dislocate joints"; "the artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically"
    dislocate  luxate  splay  slip 
  2. get worse
    "My grades are slipping"
    slip  drop off  drop away  fall away 
  3. to make a mistake or be incorrect
    err  mistake  slip 
  4. move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
    "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk"
    skid  slip  slue  slew  slide 
  5. insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly
    "He slipped some money into the waiter's hand"
    slip 
  6. pass out of one's memory
    slip  slip one's mind 
  7. move stealthily
    "The ship slipped away in the darkness"
    steal  slip 
  8. move easily
    "slip into something comfortable"
    slip 
  9. move smoothly and easily
    "the bolt slipped into place"; "water slipped from the polished marble"
    slip 
  10. cause to move with a smooth or sliding motion
    "he slipped the bolt into place"
    slip 
  11. pass on stealthily
    "He slipped me the key when nobody was looking"
    slip  sneak 
WordNet Lexical Database v3.0, © 2006 Princeton University