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slip

/ slip /

noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1

the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning)

Type of:

evasion

Derived:

elude evade bilk steal

verb Sense 2

move smoothly and easily

Type of:

escape get away break loose

Derived:

sideslip

See also:

elapse lapse pass slip by glide by

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s something to somebody

Somebody ----s something with something

verb Sense 3

pass out of one''s memory

Type of:

forget block blank out

Derived:

slip-up miscue parapraxis

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s

verb Sense 4

get worse

"My grades are slipping"

Type of:

worsen decline

Kinds of:

lapse backslide

Derived:

slump slack drop-off falloff falling off

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s

Somebody ----s something

verb Sense 5

insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly

"He slipped some money into the waiter''s hand"

Type of:

insert enclose inclose

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something

noun Sense 6

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

Type of:

potter's clay potter's earth

noun Sense 7

a young and slender person

"he''s a mere slip of a lad"

Type of:

young person youth younker

noun Sense 8

an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall

"he blamed his slip on the ice"

"the jolt caused many slips and a few spills"

Type of:

mishap misadventure mischance

Kinds of:

spill tumble fall

Derived:

trip trip up stumble

verb Sense 9

pass on stealthily

"He slipped me the key when nobody was looking"

Type of:

pass hand reach

Usage Patterns:

Somebody's (body part) ----s

Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE

noun Sense 10

a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.

Type of:

mistake error fault

Kinds of:

Freudian slip

Derived:

stumble slip up trip up slip one's mind err

noun Sense 11

a flight maneuver; aircraft slides sideways in the air

Type of:

flight maneuver airplane maneuver

noun Sense 12

a small sheet of paper

"a receipt slip"

Type of:

sheet piece of paper sheet of paper

noun Sense 13

artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material

Type of:

artifact artefact

Kinds of:

band ring cramp cramp iron edge

noun Sense 14

a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting

Type of:

stalk stem

Kinds of:

quickset

noun Sense 15

an unexpected slide

Type of:

slide glide coast

Derived:

dislocate luxate splay skid slue

verb Sense 16

move stealthily

"The ship slipped away in the darkness"

Type of:

move

Derived:

skid sideslip elusion eluding stealth

See also:

elapse lapse pass slip by glide by

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s something with something

verb Sense 17

move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner

"the wheels skidded against the sidewalk"

Type of:

glide

Kinds of:

submarine skid side-slip

Derived:

slide glide coast slider skid

See also:

stumble slip up trip up

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s

Somebody ----s something

Somebody ----s something to somebody

Somebody ----s something with something

noun Sense 18

bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow

"the burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase"

Type of:

bed linen

verb Sense 19

to make a mistake or be incorrect

Kinds of:

misremember stumble slip up trip up misjudge

Derived:

slip-up miscue parapraxis error mistake

See also:

stumble slip up trip up

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s something

noun Sense 20

a slippery smoothness

"he could feel the slickness of the tiller"

Type of:

smoothness

Derived:

slick slick down sleek down sleek

noun Sense 21

a socially awkward or tactless act

Type of:

blunder blooper bloomer

verb Sense 22

move out of position

"dislocate joints"

"the artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically"

Type of:

move displace

Derived:

skid sideslip slippage luxation dislocation

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something

noun Sense 23

a woman''s sleeveless undergarment

Type of:

undergarment

noun Sense 24

a place where a craft can be made fast

Type of:

anchorage anchorage ground

Derived:

berth moor wharf tie up

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Related Words

evasion escape get away break loose forget block blank out worsen decline lapse backslide insert