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Slip

verb

(past & past part. slipped; pres. part. slipping)

1.

Move stealthily. Synonym: steal.

2.

Insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly.

3.

Move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner. Synonyms: skid, slew, slide, slue.

4.

Get worse. Synonyms: drop away, drop off, fall away.

5.

Move smoothly and easily. "Water slipped from the polished marble"

6.

To make a mistake or be incorrect. Synonyms: err, mistake.

7.

Pass on stealthily. Synonym: sneak.

8.

Move easily.

9.

Cause to move with a smooth or sliding motion.

10.

Pass out of one's memory. Synonym: slip one's mind.

11.

Move out of position. Synonyms: dislocate, luxate, splay. "The artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically"

noun

1.

A socially awkward or tactless act. Synonyms: faux pas, gaffe, gaucherie, solecism.

2.

A minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.. Synonyms: miscue, parapraxis, slip-up.

3.

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

4.

A part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting. Synonym: cutting.

5.

A young and slender person.

6.

A place where a craft can be made fast. Synonyms: berth, moorage, mooring.

7.

An accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall. Synonym: trip. "The jolt caused many slips and a few spills"

8.

A slippery smoothness. Synonyms: slick, slickness, slipperiness.

9.

Artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material. Synonym: strip.

10.

A small sheet of paper. Synonym: slip of paper.

11.

A woman's sleeveless undergarment. Synonyms: chemise, shift, shimmy, teddy.

12.

Bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow. Synonyms: case, pillow slip, pillowcase.

13.

An unexpected slide. Synonyms: sideslip, skid.

14.

A flight maneuver; aircraft slides sideways in the air. Synonym: sideslip.

15.

The act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning). Synonyms: eluding, elusion.

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"Slip" Quotes from Famous Books

... announced. The minutes passed, and Stella did not appear. It was quite possible that she might shrink from openly presenting herself at the main entrance to the gallery, and might prefer—especially if she was not aware of the priest's presence in the room—to slip in quietly by the library door. Failing to find her, on putting this idea to the test, Lord Loring had discovered Penrose, and had so hastened the introduction of the younger of ...

— The Black Robe • Wilkie Collins

... right, and it proved to be easier than he had expected; but a looker-on would have shuddered to see the way in which the lad clung to the rough stones, where the slightest slip would have sent him down headlong for at least three hundred feet before he touched anywhere, and then bounded off again, a mere mass of ...

— The Black Tor - A Tale of the Reign of James the First • George Manville Fenn

... slip away with our things—if he finds any trace of Baxter's party," went on Sam. "And we can't afford to lose anything more. One sled-load is enough. We'll be wanting some of those other things ...

— The Rover Boys In The Mountains • Arthur M. Winfield

... and releasing the glass slip from the microscope, held it in his hand towards the window. "Scarcely visible," he said, scrutinising the preparation. He hesitated. "Are these—alive? ...

— The Country of the Blind, And Other Stories • H. G. Wells

... the cavity, through a breach made in the lower part of the inclosing rock. It has the appearance of a vast well bordered with a wall. The edge of the Buller is not wide, and to those that walk round, appears very narrow. He that ventures to look downward sees, that if his foot should slip, he must fall from his dreadful elevation upon stones on one side, or into water on the other. We however went round, and were glad ...

— A Journey to the Western Isles of Scotland • Samuel Johnson

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