Word: slip
Category: slip
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Related words: slip
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Synonyms: slip
false step, misstep, slide, skid, fall, tumble, mistake, error, blunder, gaffe, oversight, omission, lapse, inaccuracy, slip of the tongue/pen, eggcorn, slip-up, boo-boo, howler, goof, blooper, underskirt, petticoat, cutting, graft, scion, shoot, offshoot, elusion, moorage, berth, mooring, shift, chemise, teddy, shimmy, sideslip, slick, slipperiness, slickness, pillowcase, case, pillow slip, slip of paper, trip, parapraxis, miscue, solecism, gaucherie, faux pas, strip
Translations: slip
The meaning and "use of": slip
- an act of sliding unintentionally for a short distance. - a single slip could send them plummeting down the mountainside
- a minor or careless mistake. - the judge made a slip in his summing up
- a woman's loose-fitting, dress- or skirt-length undergarment, suspended by shoulder straps ( full slip ) or by an elasticized waistband ( half slip ). - a silk slip
- a slope built leading into water, used for launching and landing boats and ships or for building and repairing them. - Some 20 swimmers took to the water at the boat slip in the town while onlookers cheered.
- a leash that enables a dog to be released quickly. - This handy slip leash adjusts to any size dog.
- a small piece of paper, typically a form for writing on or one giving printed information. - his monthly salary slip
- a cutting taken from a plant for grafting or planting; a scion. - The idea is that gardeners will deliver extra plants, slips , seeds and seedlings to the Horticultural Training Centre at Zoo Lake.
- a creamy mixture of clay, water, and typically a pigment, used especially for decorating earthenware. - It could also be decorated by painting with a slip (a creamy mixture of fine clay and water) of a different colour to the body.
- (of a person or animal) slide unintentionally for a short distance, typically losing one's balance or footing. - I slipped on the ice
- escape or get loose from (a means of restraint). - the giant balloon slipped its moorings
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