slip
noun
1. a socially awkward or tactless act
Similar word(s): gaffe, gaucherie, solecism
Definition categories: act, bloomer, blooper, blunder, botch, bungle, flub, pratfall
2. a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.
Similar word(s): miscue, parapraxis
Definition categories: act, error, fault, mistake
3. potter's clay that is thinned and used for coating or decorating ceramics
Definition categories: substance
4. a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting
Similar word(s): cutting
Definition categories: plant, stalk, stem
5. a young and slender person
- he's a mere slip of a lad
Definition categories: person, younker, youth
6. a place where a craft can be made fast
Similar word(s): berth, moorage, mooring
Definition categories: location, anchorage
7. an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall
- he blamed his slip on the ice
- the jolt caused many slips and a few spills
Similar word(s): trip
Definition categories: event, misadventure, mischance, mishap
8. a slippery smoothness
Similar word(s): slick, slickness, slipperiness
Definition categories: attribute, smoothness
9. artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material
Similar word(s): strip
Definition categories: man–made, artefact, artifact
10. a small sheet of paper
- a receipt slip
- a withdrawal slip
Definition categories: man–made, sheet
11. a woman's sleeveless undergarment
Similar word(s): chemise, shift, shimmy, teddy
Definition categories: man–made, undergarment, unmentionable
12. bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow
Similar word(s): case, pillowcase
Definition categories: man–made
13. an unexpected slide
Similar word(s): sideslip, skid
Definition categories: act, coast, glide, slide
14. a flight maneuver; aircraft slides sideways in the air
Similar word(s): sideslip
Definition categories: act
15. the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning)
Similar word(s): eluding, elusion
Definition categories: act, evasion
Sentences with slip as a noun:
- a slip from a vine
- She couldn't hurt a fly, young slip of a girl that she is.
- I had a slip on the ice and bruised my hip.
- a slip of the tongue
- a pillow slip
- the slip or sheath of a sword
verb
1. move stealthily
- The ship slipped away in the darkness
Similar word(s): steal
Definition categories: motion, move
2. insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly
- He slipped some money into the waiter's hand
Definition categories: change, enclose, inclose, insert, introduce
3. move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
Similar word(s): skid, slew, slide, slue
Definition categories: motion, glide
4. get worse
- My grades are slipping
Definition categories: change, decline, worsen
5. move smoothly and easily
- the bolt slipped into place
- water slipped from the polished marble
Definition categories: motion, escape
6. to make a mistake or be incorrect
Definition categories: cognition
7. pass on stealthily
- He slipped me the key when nobody was looking
Similar word(s): sneak
Definition categories: possession, give, hand, pass, reach
8. move easily
- slip into something comfortable
Definition categories: motion, move
9. cause to move with a smooth or sliding motion
- he slipped the bolt into place
Definition categories: motion, displace, move
10. pass out of one's memory
Definition categories: cognition, block, forget
11. move out of position
Similar word(s): dislocate, luxate, splay
Definition categories: change, displace, move
Sentences with slip as a verb:
- A bone may slip out of place.
- She thanked the porter and slipped a ten-dollar bill into his hand.
- Some errors slipped into the appendix.
- Profits have slipped over the past six months.
- to slip a piece of cloth or paper
- A horse slips his bridle; a dog slips his collar.