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Definitions of 'slip' Wordnet 

1. (noun) faux pas, gaffe, solecism, slip, gaucherie
a socially awkward or tactless act

2. (noun) slip, slip-up, miscue, parapraxis
a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.

3. (noun) slip
potter's clay that is thinned and used for coating or decorating ceramics

4. (noun) cutting, slip
a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting

5. (noun) slip
a young and slender person
"he's a mere slip of a lad"

6. (noun) mooring, moorage, berth, slip
a place where a craft can be made fast

7. (noun) slip, trip
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. (noun) slickness, slick, slipperiness, slip
a slippery smoothness
"he could feel the slickness of the tiller"

9. (noun) strip, slip
artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material

10. (noun) slip, slip of paper
a small sheet of paper
"a receipt slip"

11. (noun) chemise, shimmy, shift, slip, teddy
a woman's sleeveless undergarment

12. (noun) case, pillowcase, slip, pillow slip
bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow
"the burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase"

13. (noun) skid, slip, sideslip
an unexpected slide

14. (noun) slip, sideslip
a flight maneuver; aircraft slides sideways in the air

15. (verb) slip, elusion, eluding
the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning)

16. (verb) steal, slip
move stealthily
"The ship slipped away in the darkness"

17. (verb) slip
insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly
"He slipped some money into the waiter's hand"

18. (verb) skid, slip, slue, slew, slide
move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
"the wheels skidded against the sidewalk"

19. (verb) slip, drop off, drop away, fall away
get worse
"My grades are slipping"

20. (verb) slip
move smoothly and easily
"the bolt slipped into place"; "water slipped from the polished marble"

21. (verb) err, mistake, slip
to make a mistake or be incorrect

22. (verb) slip, sneak
pass on stealthily
"He slipped me the key when nobody was looking"

23. (verb) slip
move easily
"slip into something comfortable"

24. (verb) slip
cause to move with a smooth or sliding motion
"he slipped the bolt into place"

25. (verb) slip, slip one's mind
pass out of one's memory

26. (verb) dislocate, luxate, splay, slip
move out of position
"dislocate joints"; "the artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically"


Definitions of 'slip' Webster 1913 Dictionary 

1. (noun) slip
to move along the surface of a thing without bounding, rolling, or stepping; to slide; to glide

2. (noun) slip
to slide; to lose one's footing or one's hold; not to tread firmly; as, it is necessary to walk carefully lest the foot should slip

3. (noun) slip
to move or fly (out of place); to shoot; -- often with out, off, etc.; as, a bone may slip out of its place

4. (noun) slip
to depart, withdraw, enter, appear, intrude, or escape as if by sliding; to go or come in a quiet, furtive manner; as, some errors slipped into the work

5. (noun) slip
to err; to fall into error or fault

6. (noun) slip
the act of slipping; as, a slip on the ice

7. (noun) slip
an unintentional error or fault; a false step

8. (noun) slip
a twig separated from the main stock; a cutting; a scion; hence, a descendant; as, a slip from a vine

9. (noun) slip
a slender piece; a strip; as, a slip of paper

10. (noun) slip
a leash or string by which a dog is held; -- so called from its being made in such a manner as to slip, or become loose, by relaxation of the hand

11. (noun) slip
an escape; a secret or unexpected desertion; as, to give one the slip

12. (noun) slip
a portion of the columns of a newspaper or other work struck off by itself; a proof from a column of type when set up and in the galley

13. (noun) slip
any covering easily slipped on

14. (noun) slip
a loose garment worn by a woman

15. (noun) slip
a child's pinafore

16. (noun) slip
an outside covering or case; as, a pillow slip

17. (noun) slip
the slip or sheath of a sword, and the like

18. (noun) slip
a counterfeit piece of money, being brass covered with silver

19. (noun) slip
matter found in troughs of grindstones after the grinding of edge tools

20. (noun) slip
potter's clay in a very liquid state, used for the decoration of ceramic ware, and also as a cement for handles and other applied parts

21. (noun) slip
a particular quantity of yarn

22. (noun) slip
an inclined plane on which a vessel is built, or upon which it is hauled for repair

23. (noun) slip
an opening or space for vessels to lie in, between wharves or in a dock; as, Peck slip

24. (noun) slip
a narrow passage between buildings

25. (noun) slip
a long seat or narrow pew in churches, often without a door

26. (noun) slip
a dislocation of a lead, destroying continuity

27. (noun) slip
the motion of the center of resistance of the float of a paddle wheel, or the blade of an oar, through the water horozontally, or the difference between a vessel's actual speed and the speed which she would have if the propelling instrument acted upon a solid; also, the velocity, relatively to still water, of the backward current of water produced by the propeller

28. (noun) slip
a fish, the sole

29. (noun) slip
a fielder stationed on the off side and to the rear of the batsman. There are usually two of them, called respectively short slip, and long slip

30. (verb) slip
to cause to move smoothly and quickly; to slide; to convey gently or secretly

31. (verb) slip
to omit; to loose by negligence

32. (verb) slip
to cut slips from; to cut; to take off; to make a slip or slips of; as, to slip a piece of cloth or paper

33. (verb) slip
to let loose in pursuit of game, as a greyhound

34. (verb) slip
to cause to slip or slide off, or out of place; as, a horse slips his bridle; a dog slips his collar

35. (verb) slip
to bring forth (young) prematurely; to slink


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