- Move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
"the wheels slipped against the pavement";
- skid, slue, slew, slide
- Move stealthily
"The ship slipped away in the darkness";
- steal
- Insert inconspicuously, quickly or quietly
"He slipped some money into the waiter's hand"
- Move smoothly and easily
"the bolt slipped into place"; "water slipped from the polished marble"
- To make a mistake or be incorrect
"His tongue slipped, revealing the secret";
- err, mistake
- Cause to move with a smooth or sliding motion
"he slipped the bolt into place"
- Fall to a lower standard
"My grades are slipping";
- drop off, drop away, fall away
- Pass on stealthily
"He slipped me the key when nobody was looking";
- sneak
- (of clothes) quickly put on or take off
"slip into something comfortable"
- Be forgotten temporarily
"The appointment slipped my mind"; "Her birthday slipped from his memory";
- slip one's mind
- Move out of position
"The rug slipped on the polished floor";
- dislocate, luxate, splay
- A minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.
"His slip-up in pronouncing the guest's name was barely noticeable";
- slip-up [informal], miscue, parapraxis, whoopsie [informal]
- An accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall
"the jolt caused many slips and a few spills"; "he blamed his slip on the ice";
- trip
- A socially awkward or tactless act
"His comment about her weight was an embarrassing slip";
- faux pas, gaffe, solecism, gaucherie
- A woman's sleeveless undergarment
"The bride's slip peeked out from under her gown";
- chemise, shimmy [archaic], shift, teddy
- Bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow
"She changed the pillow slip to a fresh one before bedtime";
- case, pillowcase, pillow slip [Brit]
- A small sheet of paper
"a withdrawal slip"; "a receipt slip";
- slip of paper
- Artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material
"She tore a slip of cloth to use as a bandage";
- strip
- A part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting
"The gardener prepared several slips from the healthy mother plant";
- cutting
- A place where a craft can be made fast
"The yacht was securely tied to its slip in the marina";
- mooring, moorage, berth
- A slippery smoothness
"he could feel the slip of the tiller";
- slickness, slick, slipperiness
- A young and slender person
"he's a mere slip of a lad"
- Potter's clay that is thinned and used for coating or decorating ceramics
"She applied a layer of slip to give the pottery a smooth finish"
- An unexpected slide
"Her slip on the wet floor resulted in a fall";
- skid, sideslip
- A flight manoeuvre; aircraft slides sideways in the air
"The pilot used a slip to lose altitude quickly";
- sideslip
- The act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning)
"The thief gave the police the slip";
- elusion, eluding
Derived forms: slipped, slipping, slips
See also: fall, go along, slip out, stumble
Type of: act, aeroplane manoeuvre [Brit], airplane maneuver [US], airplane manoeuvre [Cdn], anchorage, anchorage ground, artefact [Brit], artifact [N. Amer], bed linen, blank out, block, bloomer [informal], blooper [N. Amer, informal], blue [Austral, NZ, informal], blunder, boner [N. Amer, informal], boob [Brit, informal], boo-boo [informal], botch, break loose, bungle, coast, decline, displace, disremember [US, informal], draw a blank, enclose, error, escape, evasion, fault, flight maneuver [US], flight manoeuvre [Brit, Cdn], flub [N. Amer, informal], forget, foul-up [informal], get away, give, glide, goof [informal], hand, inclose, insert, introduce, misadventure, mischance, mishap, mistake, move, pass, pass on, piece of paper, potter's clay, potter's earth, pratfall [informal], put in, reach, sheet, sheet of paper, slide, smoothness, spring chicken, stalk, stem, stick in, turn over, undergarment, unmentionable, worsen, younker [archaic], youth
Encyclopedia: Slip, Stitch & Pass