SLIP

/slɪp/ ► audio Scrabble 6 Words With Friends 8

Definition

  1. verb move stealthily. — synonyms: steal
  2. verb insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly.
  3. verb move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner. — synonyms: skid, slue, slew, slide
  4. verb get worse. — synonyms: drop_off, drop_away, fall_away
  5. verb move smoothly and easily.
  6. verb to make a mistake or be incorrect. — synonyms: err, mistake
  7. verb pass on stealthily. — synonyms: sneak
  8. verb move easily.
  9. verb cause to move with a smooth or sliding motion.
  10. verb pass out of one's memory. — synonyms: slip_one's_mind
  11. verb move out of position. — synonyms: dislocate, luxate, splay
  12. noun a socially awkward or tactless act. — synonyms: faux_pas, gaffe, solecism, gaucherie
  13. noun a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.. — synonyms: slip-up, miscue, parapraxis
  14. noun potter's clay that is thinned and used for coating or decorating ceramics.
  15. noun a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting. — synonyms: cutting
  16. noun a young and slender person.
  17. noun a place where a craft can be made fast. — synonyms: mooring, moorage, berth
  18. noun an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall. — synonyms: trip
  19. noun a slippery smoothness. — synonyms: slickness, slick, slipperiness
  20. noun artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material. — synonyms: strip
  21. noun a small sheet of paper. — synonyms: slip_of_paper
  22. noun a woman's sleeveless undergarment. — synonyms: chemise, shimmy, shift, teddy
  23. noun bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow. — synonyms: case, pillowcase, pillow_slip
  24. noun an unexpected slide. — synonyms: skid, sideslip
  25. noun a flight maneuver. — synonyms: sideslip
  26. noun the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning). — synonyms: elusion, eluding

Examples

  • “She couldn't hurt a fly, young slip of a girl that she is.”
  • “a salary slip”
  • “I had a slip on the ice and bruised my hip.”

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