slip
n 1: a socially awkward or tactless act [syn: {faux pas}, {gaffe},
{solecism}, {gaucherie}]
2: an inadvertent mistake [syn: {slipup}, {miscue}]
3: potter's clay that is thinned and used for coating or
decorating ceramics
4: a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a
plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting
[syn: {cutting}]
5: a young and slender person; "he's a mere slip of a lad"
6: a place where a craft can be made fast [syn: {mooring}, {moorage},
{berth}]
7: an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall; "he
blamed his slip on the ice"; "the jolt caused many slips
and a few spills" [syn: {trip}]
8: a slippery smoothness; "he could feel the slickness of the
tiller" [syn: {slickness}, {slick}, {slipperiness}]
9: a narrow flat piece of material [syn: {strip}]
10: a small piece of paper; "a receipt slip" [syn: {slip of
paper}]
11: a woman's sleeveless undergarment [syn: {chemise}, {shimmy},
{shift}, {teddies}, {teddy}]
12: a cover for a pillow; "the burglar carried his loot in a
pillowcase" [syn: {case}, {pillowcase}, {pillow slip}]
13: an unexpected slide [syn: {skid}, {sideslip}]
14: a flight maneuver; aircraft slides sideways in the air [syn:
{sideslip}]
15: the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning) [syn: {elusion},
{eluding}]
v 1: move stealthily; "The ship slipped away in the darkness"
[syn: {steal}]
2: insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly
3: slide sideways [syn: {skid}, {slue}, {slew}, {slide}]
4: get worse; "My grades are slipping" [syn: {drop off}, {drop
away}, {fall away}]
5: move smoothly and easily
6: to make a mistake or be incorrect [syn: {err}, {mistake}]
7: pass on stealthily; "He slipped me the key when nobody was
looking" [syn: {sneak}]
8: pass out of one's memory [syn: {slip one's mind}]
9: move out of position; "dislocate joints" [syn: {dislocate},
{splay}]