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May 27, 2012
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Synonyms for slip

Noun

1. faux pas, gaffe, solecism, slip, gaucherie, blunder, blooper, bloomer, bungle, foul-up, fuckup, flub, botch, boner, boo-boo
usage: a socially awkward or tactless act
2. slip, slip-up, miscue, parapraxis, mistake, error, fault
usage: a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.
3. slip, potter's clay, potter's earth
usage: potter's clay that is thinned and used for coating or decorating ceramics
4. cutting, slip, stalk, stem
usage: a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting
5. slip, young person, youth, younker, spring chicken
usage: a young and slender person; "he's a mere slip of a lad"
6. mooring, moorage, berth, slip, anchorage, anchorage ground
usage: a place where a craft can be made fast
7. slip, trip, mishap, misadventure, mischance
usage: an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall; "he blamed his slip on the ice"; "the jolt caused many slips and a few spills"
8. slickness, slick, slipperiness, slip, smoothness
usage: a slippery smoothness; "he could feel the slickness of the tiller"
9. strip, slip, artifact, artefact
usage: artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material
10. slip, slip of paper, sheet, piece of paper, sheet of paper
usage: a small sheet of paper; "a receipt slip"
11. chemise, shimmy, shift, slip, teddies, teddy, undergarment
usage: a woman's sleeveless undergarment
12. case, pillowcase, slip, pillow slip, bed linen
usage: bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow; "the burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase"
13. skid, slip, sideslip, slide, glide, coast
usage: an unexpected slide
14. slip, sideslip, flight maneuver, airplane maneuver
usage: a flight maneuver; aircraft slides sideways in the air
15. slip, elusion, eluding, evasion
usage: the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning)

Verb

1. steal, slip, move, slip away
usage: move stealthily; "The ship slipped away in the darkness"
2. slip, insert, enclose, inclose, stick in, put in, introduce
usage: insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly; "He slipped some money into the waiter's hand"
3. skid, slip, slue, slew, slide, glide, slip up
usage: move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner; "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk"
4. slip, drop off, drop away, fall away, worsen, decline
usage: get worse; "My grades are slipping"
5. slip, escape, get away, break loose, slip by, slip away
usage: move smoothly and easily
6. err, mistake, slip, slip up
usage: to make a mistake or be incorrect
7. slip, sneak, pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give
usage: pass on stealthily; "He slipped me the key when nobody was looking"
8. slip, slip one's mind, forget, block, blank out, draw a blank
usage: pass out of one's memory
9. dislocate, luxate, splay, slip, move, displace
usage: move out of position; "dislocate joints"; "the artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically"
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