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Princeton's WordNet

  1. slip, slip-up, miscue, parapraxisverb

    a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.

  2. stumble, slip up, trip upverb

    make an error

    "She slipped up and revealed the name"

Wiktionary

  1. slip-upnoun

    A mistake or error; a minor misstep.

    I think she will forgive an accidental slip-up, so don't worry too much about misspeaking.

Wikipedia

  1. Slip-Up

    Slip-Up is a 1986 British television film directed by James Cellan Jones and starring Jeremy Kemp, George Costigan and Larry Lamb. the film recounts the unsuccessful attempts of Jack Slipper to extradite the Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs from Brazil. It is also known by the alternative title The Great Paper Chase.

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  1. slip-up

    A slip-up is a minor mistake, error, or blunder often due to carelessness, forgetfulness, or lack of precision. It can refer to errors in various contexts including speech, written work, actions, or decision making.

Anagrams for slip-up »

  1. pi-plus

  2. pupils

  3. suppli

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of slip-up in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of slip-up in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of slip-up in a Sentence

  1. Joe Cullum:

    Joe Biden's been doing this kind of stuff all Joe Biden life. It's not an old age thing, and Joe Cullum doesn't( slip up speaking) ? When you're out there doing that, it's not easy.

  2. Jake Gyllenhaal:

    I think I learned a lot from that movie in that I spend a lot of time trying to be very thoughtful about the roles that I pick and why I'm picking them, and you're bound to slip up and be like,' That wasn't right for me,' or' That didn't fit perfectly.' There have been a number of roles like that. And then a number of roles that do.

  3. Kenneth Marcus:

    This was not a mere slip-up. It is symptomatic of a widespread failure with law enforcement to understand the problems of antisemitism and anti-Zionism.

  4. Milton Romani:

    We want to do things right, and if takes a bit longer, so be it, we have to be very careful with this because any slip-up could ruin an experience that is unique in the world.

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