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Type Words
Synonyms skid, slew, slide, slue
Type of glide
Has types side-slip, skid, submarine
Type Words
Synonyms steal
Type of move


The ship slipped away in the darkness.
Type Words
Synonyms eluding, elusion
Type of evasion
Type Words
Synonyms case, pillow slip, pillowcase
Type of bed linen
Type Words
Synonyms sideslip, skid
Type of slide, coast, glide
Derivation slippy
Type Words
Synonyms sideslip
Type of flight maneuver, airplane maneuver
Type Words
Synonyms slick, slickness, slipperiness
Type of smoothness
Derivation slippy
Type Words
Synonyms faux pas, gaffe, gaucherie, solecism
Type of blunder, flub, foul-up, boner, pratfall, boo-boo, bungle, blooper, botch, bloomer, fuckup
Type Words
Synonyms cutting
Type of stem, stalk
Has types quickset
Type Words
Synonyms dislocate, luxate, splay
Type of displace, move
Derivation slippage
Type Words
Synonyms slip of paper
Type of sheet of paper, piece of paper, sheet


a receipt slip.
a withdrawal slip.
Type Words
Synonyms trip
Type of mischance, mishap, misadventure
Has types fall, tumble, spill


he blamed his slip on the ice.
the jolt caused many slips and a few spills.
Type Words
Synonyms miscue, parapraxis, slip-up
Type of mistake, fault, error
Has types freudian slip
Type Words
Synonyms berth, moorage, mooring
Type of anchorage, anchorage ground
Type Words
Synonyms slip one's mind
Type of draw a blank, forget, block, blank out
Type Words
Synonyms sneak
Type of pass on, reach, pass, give, hand, turn over


He slipped me the key when nobody was looking.
Type Words
Synonyms strip
Type of artefact, artifact
Has types reef, band, cramp, cramp iron, lead, leading, mullion, ribbon, ring, screed, stay, tab, tape, typewriter ribbon, weather strip, weather stripping, weatherstrip, weatherstripping
Type Words
Synonyms err, mistake
Has types stumble, fall for, trip up, slip up, misremember, misjudge
Type Words
Synonyms chemise, shift, shimmy, teddy
Type of undergarment, unmentionable
Type Words
Synonyms drop away, drop off, fall away
Type of decline, worsen
Has types backslide, lapse
Derivation slippage


My grades are slipping.
Type Words
Type of young person, youth, spring chicken, younker


he's a mere slip of a lad.
Type Words
Type of displace, move


he slipped the bolt into place.
Type Words
Type of insert, stick in, put in, inclose, enclose, introduce


He slipped some money into the waiter's hand.
Type Words
Type of move


slip into something comfortable.
Type Words
Type of get away, escape, break loose


the bolt slipped into place.
water slipped from the polished marble.
Type Words
Type of potter's clay, potter's earth

Examples of slip

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She missed two targets in the first standing shooting to slip from 12th to 14th.
From the dailyherald.com
Additionally, we pick ones with holes or pretty images to slip under the pillow.
From the stltoday.com
She did slip and fall between the stairs where another runner had spilled water.
From the thenewstribune.com
The number of housing transactions will slip by 30,000 to 860,000, the CML said.
From the bloomberg.com
Maybe that's why the Allies of WWII actually had a plan to slip Adolph estrogen.
From the hecklerspray.com
Well, it's easy for a nimble little man like Nico to slip in and out of a kayak.
From the telegraph.co.uk
However, that number may slip even further if demand proves greater than supply.
From the forbes.com
Swann comes in at silly mid-on comes in for Finn, who has just the one slip now.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Now, she's content to slip into her off-road electric wheelchair and go camping.
From the ocregister.com
More examples
  • Faux pas: a socially awkward or tactless act
  • Steal: move stealthily; "The ship slipped away in the darkness"
  • A minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.
  • Insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly; "He slipped some money into the waiter's hand"
  • Potter's clay that is thinned and used for coating or decorating ceramics
  • Skid: move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner; "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk"
  • The Serial Line Internet Protocol (SLIP) is an encapsulation of the Internet Protocol designed to work over serial ports and modem connections. It is documented in RFC 1055. ...
  • A slip is an aerodynamic state where an aircraft is moving somewhat sideways as well as forward relative to the oncoming airflow. In other words, for a conventional aircraft, the nose will not be pointing directly into the relative wind (in the side-to-side sense).
  • Slip is the debut studio album by American post-hardcore band Quicksand, released February 9, 1993 on the Polydor label.