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slip::verb | Spocien Dictionary

slip
verb
/slɪp/
move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
Type Words
Synonyms skid, slew, slide, slue
Type of glide
Has types side-slip, skid, submarine

slip::verb | Spocien Dictionary

slip
verb
/slɪp/
move stealthily
Type Words
Synonyms steal
Type of move


The ship slipped away in the darkness.

slip::noun | Spocien Dictionary

slip
noun
/slɪp/
the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning)
Type Words
Synonyms eluding, elusion
Type of evasion

slip::noun | Spocien Dictionary

slip
noun
/slɪp/
bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow
Type Words
Synonyms case, pillow slip, pillowcase
Type of bed linen

slip::noun | Spocien Dictionary

slip
noun
/slɪp/
an unexpected slide
Type Words
Synonyms sideslip, skid
Type of slide, coast, glide
Derivation slippy

slip::noun | Spocien Dictionary

slip
noun
/slɪp/
a flight maneuver; aircraft slides sideways in the air
Type Words
Synonyms sideslip
Type of flight maneuver, airplane maneuver

slip::noun | Spocien Dictionary

slip
noun
/slɪp/
a slippery smoothness
Type Words
Synonyms slick, slickness, slipperiness
Type of smoothness
Derivation slippy

slip::noun | Spocien Dictionary

slip
noun
/slɪp/
a socially awkward or tactless act
Type Words
Synonyms faux pas, gaffe, gaucherie, solecism
Type of blunder, flub, foul-up, boner, pratfall, boo-boo, bungle, blooper, botch, bloomer, fuckup

slip::noun | Spocien Dictionary

slip
noun
/slɪp/
a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting
Type Words
Synonyms cutting
Type of stem, stalk
Has types quickset

slip::verb | Spocien Dictionary

slip
verb
/slɪp/
move out of position
Type Words
Synonyms dislocate, luxate, splay
Type of displace, move
Derivation slippage

slip::noun | Spocien Dictionary

slip
noun
/slɪp/
a small sheet of paper
Type Words
Synonyms slip of paper
Type of sheet of paper, piece of paper, sheet


a receipt slip.
a withdrawal slip.

slip::noun | Spocien Dictionary

slip
noun
/slɪp/
an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall
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.

slip::noun | Spocien Dictionary

slip
noun
/slɪp/
a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.
Type Words
Synonyms miscue, parapraxis, slip-up
Type of mistake, fault, error
Has types freudian slip

slip::noun | Spocien Dictionary

slip
noun
/slɪp/
a place where a craft can be made fast
Type Words
Synonyms berth, moorage, mooring
Type of anchorage, anchorage ground

slip::verb | Spocien Dictionary

slip
verb
/slɪp/
pass out of one's memory
Type Words
Synonyms slip one's mind
Type of draw a blank, forget, block, blank out

slip::verb | Spocien Dictionary

slip
verb
/slɪp/
pass on stealthily
Type Words
Synonyms sneak
Type of pass on, reach, pass, give, hand, turn over


He slipped me the key when nobody was looking.

slip::noun | Spocien Dictionary

slip
noun
/slɪp/
artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material
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

slip::verb | Spocien Dictionary

slip
verb
/slɪp/
to make a mistake or be incorrect
Type Words
Synonyms err, mistake
Has types stumble, fall for, trip up, slip up, misremember, misjudge

slip::noun | Spocien Dictionary

slip
noun
/slɪp/
a woman's sleeveless undergarment
Type Words
Synonyms chemise, shift, shimmy, teddy
Type of undergarment, unmentionable

slip::verb | Spocien Dictionary

slip
verb
/slɪp/
get worse
Type Words
Synonyms drop away, drop off, fall away
Type of decline, worsen
Has types backslide, lapse
Derivation slippage


My grades are slipping.

slip::noun | Spocien Dictionary

slip
noun
/slɪp/
a young and slender person
Type Words
Type of young person, youth, spring chicken, younker


he's a mere slip of a lad.

slip::verb | Spocien Dictionary

slip
verb
/slɪp/
cause to move with a smooth or sliding motion
Type Words
Type of displace, move


he slipped the bolt into place.

slip::verb | Spocien Dictionary

slip
verb
/slɪp/
insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly
Type Words
Type of insert, stick in, put in, inclose, enclose, introduce


He slipped some money into the waiter's hand.

slip::verb | Spocien Dictionary

slip
verb
/slɪp/
move easily
Type Words
Type of move


slip into something comfortable.

slip::verb | Spocien Dictionary

slip
verb
/slɪp/
move smoothly and easily
Type Words
Type of get away, escape, break loose


the bolt slipped into place.
water slipped from the polished marble.

slip::noun | Spocien Dictionary

slip
noun
/slɪp/
potter's clay that is thinned and used for coating or decorating ceramics
Type Words
Type of potter's clay, potter's earth
LeafTensor is a decentralized system.