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slip - a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc. |
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miscue,
parapraxis |
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error,
fault,
mistake (baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed
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freudian slip a slip-up that (according to Sigmund Freud) results from the operation of unconscious wishes or conflicts and can reveal unconscious processes in normal healthy individuals
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slip - the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning) |
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elusion,
eluding |
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evasion the act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit maneuver
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slip - an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall; "he blamed his slip on the ice"; "the jolt caused many slips and a few spills" |
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trip |
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misadventure,
mischance,
mishap an instance of misfortune
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fall,
spill,
tumble a lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity; "a fall from virtue"
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slip - a flight maneuver; aircraft slides sideways in the air |
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sideslip |
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airplane maneuver,
flight maneuver a maneuver executed by an aircraft
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slip - a small sheet of paper; "a receipt slip" |
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piece of paper,
sheet,
sheet of paper bed linen consisting of a large rectangular piece of cotton or linen cloth; used in pairs
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slip - a young and slender person; "he's a mere slip of a lad" |
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spring chicken,
young person,
younker,
youth a young chicken having tender meat
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slip - potter's clay that is thinned and used for coating or decorating ceramics |
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potter's clay,
potter's earth clay that does not contain any iron; used in making pottery or for modeling
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| verb |
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slip - get worse; "My grades are slipping" |
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decline,
worsen grow smaller; "Interest in the project waned"
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backslide,
lapse drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards
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slip - move smoothly and easily; "the bolt slipped into place"; "water slipped from the polished marble" |
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break loose,
escape,
get away issue or leak, as from a small opening; "Gas escaped into the bedroom"
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elapse,
glide by,
go along,
go by,
lapse,
pass,
slide by,
slip away,
slip by pass by; "three years elapsed"
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slip away,
sneak away,
sneak off,
sneak out,
steal away leave furtively and stealthily; "The lecture was boring and many students slipped out when the instructor turned towards the blackboard"
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slip - pass out of one's memory |
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blank out,
block,
draw a blank,
forget cut out, as for political reasons; "several line in the report were blanked out"
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slip - cause to move with a smooth or sliding motion; "he slipped the bolt into place" |
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displace,
move cause to move, usually with force or pressure; "the refugees were displaced by the war"
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slip - insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly; "He slipped some money into the waiter's hand" |
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enclose,
inclose,
insert,
introduce,
put in,
stick in surround completely; "Darkness enclosed him"; "They closed in the porch with a fence"
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slip - move easily; "slip into something comfortable" |
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move go or proceed from one point to another; "the debate moved from family values to the economy"
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slip - pass on stealthily; "He slipped me the key when nobody was looking" |
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sneak |
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give,
hand,
pass,
pass on,
reach,
turn over proffer (a body part); "She gave her hand to her little sister"
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