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Sounds | slih'p |
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Rhymes | acquaintanceship, airship, airstrip, and 100 more rhymes in ihp at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | A socially awkward or tactless act. |
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Synonyms | faux pas, gaffe, solecism, gaucherie |
Broader | blunder, blooper, bloomer, bungle, foul-up, fuckup, flub, botch, boner, boo-boo |
Meaning | A minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc. |
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Synonyms | slip-up, miscue, parapraxis |
Narrower | Freudian slip |
Broader | mistake, error, fault |
Verbs | slip; slip |
Meaning | Potter's clay that is thinned and used for coating or decorating ceramics. |
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Broader | potter's clay, potter's earth |
Meaning | A part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting. |
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Synonyms | cutting |
Narrower | quickset |
Broader | stalk, stem |
Meaning | A young and slender person. |
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Examples | "he's a mere slip of a lad" |
Broader | young person, youth, younker, spring chicken |
Meaning | A place where a craft can be made fast. |
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Synonyms | mooring, moorage, berth |
Broader | anchorage, anchorage ground |
Meaning | An accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall. |
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Examples | "he blamed his slip on the ice"; "the jolt caused many slips and a few spills" |
Synonyms | trip |
Narrower | spill, tumble, fall |
Broader | mishap, misadventure, mischance |
Meaning | A slippery smoothness. |
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Synonyms | slickness, slick, slipperiness |
Broader | smoothness |
Meaning | Artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material. |
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Synonyms | strip |
Narrower | band; band, ring; cramp, cramp iron; edge, margin; lead, leading; mullion; ribbon, typewriter ribbon; screed; stay; tab; tape; ticker tape; weather strip, weather stripping |
Broader | artifact, artefact |
Meaning | A small sheet of paper. |
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Examples | "a receipt slip" |
Synonyms | slip of paper |
Broader | sheet, piece of paper, sheet of paper |
Meaning | A woman's sleeveless undergarment. |
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Synonyms | chemise, shimmy, shift, teddies, teddy |
Parts | strap, shoulder strap |
Broader | undergarment |
Meaning | Bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow. |
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Synonyms | case, pillowcase, pillow slip |
Broader | bed linen |
Meaning | An unexpected slide. |
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Synonyms | skid, sideslip |
Broader | slide, glide, coast |
Verbs | slip; slip; slip |
Meaning | A flight maneuver. Aircraft slides sideways in the air. |
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Synonyms | sideslip |
Broader | flight maneuver, airplane maneuver |
Verbs | slip |
Meaning | The act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning). |
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Synonyms | elusion, eluding |
Broader | evasion |
Verbs | slip |
Meaning | Move stealthily. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s PP |
Examples | "The ship slipped away in the darkness" |
Synonyms | steal |
Broader | move |
See also | slip away |
Nouns | slip; slip |
Meaning | Insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something PP |
Examples | "He slipped some money into the waiter's hand" |
Broader | insert, enclose, inclose, stick in, put in, introduce |
Meaning | Move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP |
Synonyms | skid, slue, slew, slide |
Narrower | submarine; skid; side-slip |
Broader | glide |
See also | slip up |
Nouns | slip |
Meaning | Get worse. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s |
Examples | "My grades are slipping" |
Synonyms | drop off, drop away, fall away |
Narrower | lapse, backslide |
Broader | worsen, decline |
Nouns | slippage |
Meaning | Move smoothly and easily. |
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Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP |
Broader | escape, get away, break loose |
See also | slip away; slip by |
Nouns | slip |
Meaning | To make a mistake or be incorrect. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s |
Synonyms | err, mistake |
Narrower | misremember; stumble, slip up, trip up; misjudge; fall for |
See also | slip up |
Nouns | slip |
Meaning | Pass on stealthily. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody something; Somebody ----s something to somebody |
Model | They slip the food to the people; They slip the people the food |
Examples | "He slipped me the key when nobody was looking" |
Synonyms | sneak |
Broader | pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give |
Meaning | Pass out of one's memory. |
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Pattern | Something ----s |
Synonyms | slip one's mind |
Broader | forget, block, blank out, draw a blank |
Nouns | slip |
Meaning | Move out of position. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Synonyms | dislocate, luxate, splay |
Broader | move, displace |
Nouns | slip; slippage |