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slip is the dictionary form of SLIPED Definition of slip
slip has definitions from the fields of transportation,clothing,nautical,botany,geology
1
[ verb ] move stealthily

Synonyms

steal

Examples

"The ship slipped away in the darkness"

2
[ verb ] insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly

Examples

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

3
[ verb ] move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner

Synonyms

slide slue slew skid

Examples

"the wheels skidded against the sidewalk"

4
[ noun ] a socially awkward or tactless act

Synonyms

gaffe solecism gaucherie faux_pas

5
[ verb ] get worse

Synonyms

fall_away drop_away drop_off

Examples

"My grades are slipping"

6
[ verb ] move smoothly and easily
7
[ noun ] a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.

Synonyms

miscue parapraxis slip-up slipup

8
[ verb ] to make a mistake or be incorrect

Synonyms

err mistake

9
[ noun ] artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material

Synonyms

strip

10
[ noun ] a small sheet of paper

Synonyms

slip_of_paper

Examples

"a receipt slip"

11
[ noun ] a slippery smoothness

Synonyms

slick slipperiness slickness

Examples

"he could feel the slickness of the tiller"

12
[ noun ] an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall

Synonyms

trip

Examples

"he blamed his slip on the ice" "the jolt caused many slips and a few spills"

13
[ noun ] an unexpected slide

Synonyms

sideslip skid

14
[ noun ] (transportation) a flight maneuver; aircraft slides sideways in the air

Synonyms

sideslip

15
[ verb ] pass on stealthily

Synonyms

sneak

Examples

"He slipped me the key when nobody was looking"

16
[ noun ] a young and slender person

Examples

"he's a mere slip of a lad"

17
[ verb ] move out of position

Synonyms

splay luxate dislocate

Examples

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

18
[ verb ] pass out of one's memory

Synonyms

slip_one's_mind

19
[ noun ] (nautical) a place where a craft can be made fast

Synonyms

moorage berth mooring

20
[ noun ] (botany) a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting

Synonyms

cutting

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[ noun ] (geology) potter's clay that is thinned and used for coating or decorating ceramics
22
[ noun ] (clothing) a woman's sleeveless undergarment

Synonyms

shimmy shift teddies teddy chemise

23
[ noun ] bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow

Synonyms

pillowcase pillow_slip case

Examples

"the burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase"

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[ noun ] the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning)

Synonyms

eluding elusion

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