What is the meaning of the word "slip"?
Definitions:
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a small sheet of paper noun
- a receipt slip
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a young and slender person noun
- he's a mere slip of a lad
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an accidental misstep threatening or causing a fall noun
- I blamed my slip on the ice.
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cause to move with a smooth or sliding motion verb
- I slipped the bolt into place.
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get worse verb
- My grades are slipping
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insert inconspicuously , quickly or quietly verb
- I slipped some money into the waiter's hand.
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move easily verb
- slip into something comfortable
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move smoothly and easily verb
- the bolt slipped into place
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move stealthily verb
- The ship slipped away in the darkness
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pass on stealthily verb
- They slipped me the key when nobody was looking.
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the act of avoiding capture, especially by cunning noun
- They slipped out of the handcuffs.
Synonyms:
- bank
- berth
- case
- chemise
- cutting
- dislocate
- drop away
- drop off
- eluding
- elusion
- err
- fail
- fall away
- faux pas
- gaffe
- gaucherie
- loop
- loop-the-loop
- luxate
- miscue
- mistake
- moorage
- mooring
- parapraxis
- pillow slip
- pillowcase
- roll
- shift
- shimmy
- sideslip
- skid
- skulk
- slew
- slick
- slickness
- slide
- slip of paper
- slip one's mind
- slip-up
- slipperiness
- slue
- sneak
- solecism
- splay
- steal
- strip
- suffer
- teddy
- trip