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slip1
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- pronunciation:
- slIp
- parts of speech:
- verb, noun
- phrases:
- give someone the slip
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun)
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
slips, slipping, slipped |
| definition 1: |
to move smoothly or easily.
Her ring was loose and it slipped off easily.- synonyms:
- flow, glide
- similar words:
- slide, soar, steal
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| definition 2: |
to move or leave without being noticed.
She slipped out of her seat.- synonyms:
- slide, sneak, steal
- similar words:
- escape
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| definition 3: |
to slide suddenly, as on a slippery surface.
I slipped on the ice.- synonyms:
- slide
- similar words:
- skid
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| definition 4: |
to become worse or more weak.
Her health is slipping.- synonyms:
- decline, deteriorate
- similar words:
- decrease, diminish, dwindle, fail, fall, slump
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| definition 5: |
to make a mistake.
He slipped on the math test.- synonyms:
- blunder
- similar words:
- lapse, mistake, trip
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| definition 6: |
to move (something) with an easy or sliding motion.
The cowboy slipped the rope around the calf's leg.They slipped the canoe onto the sand.- synonyms:
- slide
- similar words:
- slither
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| definition 7: |
to pass or put quickly or quietly.
Grandma slipped a five-dollar bill into my pocket.- synonyms:
- slide
- similar words:
- pass
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| definition 8: |
to put on or take off quickly or casually.
The visitor slipped his coat off.- similar words:
- don, put, shed, slide
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| definition 9: |
to fail to be remembered by.
Her name slips my mind.- similar words:
- evade
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| related words: |
blunder, ease, glide, leak, pass, relapse, sail, sneak |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
the act or an instance of slipping.
One slip was all it took to break his hip.- synonyms:
- slide
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| definition 2: |
a mental mistake.
The bookkeeper added the numbers wrong but, luckily, he caught his slip.- synonyms:
- error, mistake
- similar words:
- fault
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| definition 3: |
a slight mistake in speaking.
Saying, "I spent all my funny," is a slip of the tongue.- synonyms:
- blunder, lapse, mistake
- similar words:
- fault
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| definition 4: |
an item of clothing worn under a dress or skirt.
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| related words: |
dock, lapse, miss, mistake, tumble |
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| phrase: |
give someone the slip |
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