DICTOMETER

SLIPS

1. Synonyms:
   • Faux pas
   • Gaffe
   • Solecism
   • Slip
   • Gaucherie
   Definitions:
   • a socially awkward or tactless act
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Slip
   • Slip-up
   • Miscue
   • Parapraxis
   Definitions:
   • a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Slip
   Definitions:
   • potter's clay that is thinned and used for coating or decorating ceramics
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Cutting
   • Slip
   Definitions:
   • a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Slip
   Definitions:
   • a young and slender person
   Examples:
   • He's a mere slip of a lad
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Mooring
   • Moorage
   • Berth
   • Slip
   Definitions:
   • a place where a craft can be made fast
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Slip
   • Trip
   Definitions:
   • an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall
   Examples:
   • He blamed his slip on the ice
   • The jolt caused many slips and a few spills
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Slickness
   • Slick
   • Slipperiness
   • Slip
   Definitions:
   • a slippery smoothness
   Examples:
   • He could feel the slickness of the tiller
   
   
9. Synonyms:
   • Strip
   • Slip
   Definitions:
   • artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material
   
   
10. Synonyms:
    • Slip
    • Slip of paper
    Definitions:
    • a small sheet of paper
    Examples:
    • A receipt slip
    
    
11. Synonyms:
    • Chemise
    • Shimmy
    • Shift
    • Slip
    • Teddy
    Definitions:
    • a woman's sleeveless undergarment
    
    
12. Synonyms:
    • Case
    • Pillowcase
    • Slip
    • Pillow slip
    Definitions:
    • bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow
    Examples:
    • The burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase
    
    
13. Synonyms:
    • Skid
    • Slip
    • Sideslip
    Definitions:
    • an unexpected slide
    
    
14. Synonyms:
    • Slip
    • Sideslip
    Definitions:
    • a flight maneuver
    • aircraft slides sideways in the air
    
    
15. Synonyms:
    • Slip
    • Elusion
    • Eluding
    Definitions:
    • the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning)
    
    

1. Synonyms:
   • Steal
   • Slip
   Definitions:
   • move stealthily
   Examples:
   • The ship slipped away in the darkness
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Slip
   Definitions:
   • insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly
   Examples:
   • He slipped some money into the waiter's hand
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Skid
   • Slip
   • Slue
   • Slew
   • Slide
   Definitions:
   • move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
   Examples:
   • The wheels skidded against the sidewalk
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Slip
   • Drop off
   • Drop away
   • Fall away
   Definitions:
   • get worse
   Examples:
   • My grades are slipping
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Slip
   Definitions:
   • move smoothly and easily
   Examples:
   • The bolt slipped into place
   • Water slipped from the polished marble
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Err
   • Mistake
   • Slip
   Definitions:
   • to make a mistake or be incorrect
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Slip
   • Sneak
   Definitions:
   • pass on stealthily
   Examples:
   • He slipped me the key when nobody was looking
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Slip
   Definitions:
   • move easily
   Examples:
   • Slip into something comfortable
   
   
9. Synonyms:
   • Slip
   Definitions:
   • cause to move with a smooth or sliding motion
   Examples:
   • He slipped the bolt into place
   
   
10. Synonyms:
    • Slip
    • Slip one's mind
    Definitions:
    • pass out of one's memory
    
    
11. Synonyms:
    • Dislocate
    • Luxate
    • Splay
    • Slip
    Definitions:
    • move out of position
    Examples:
    • Dislocate joints
    • The artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically