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slipnoun1 a long narrow piece of materialbaskets woven from slips of wicker list, ribbon, strip slatband, bandage, belt, binding, girth, strap, swatch, swath(or swathe), tape slipnoun2an unintentional departure from truth or accuracya careless slip of the tongue blunder, bobble, boo-boo, boob(British), brick, clanger(British), clinker, error, fault, flub, fluff, fumble, gaff, gaffe, goof, inaccuracy, lapse, miscue, misstep, mistake, oversight, screwup, slipup, stumble, trip bloomer, blooper, boner, howler, pratfallfoul-up, snafumisapprehension, miscalculation, miscomprehension, misconception, misconstruction, misdescription, misimpression, misinterpretation, misjudgment, misreading, misstatement, misunderstanding accuracy, correctness, exactitude, exactness, preciseness, precision, strictnessinerrancy, infallibility, perfection the act of going down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarilyhad a nasty slip on the ice fall, spill, stumble, tumble header, pratfallmisstep, tripdescent, dive, plunge, skid, slidefree-fall the act or an instance of getting free from danger or confinementgave her pursuers the slip break, breakout, bunk(British), escape, flight, getaway, lam, rout jailbreakdeliverance, liberation, redemption, release, rescue, salvationclose call, close shave, near miss captivity, confinement, immurement, imprisonment, incarceration, internmentcustody, detention, hold, holding, retentionendangerment, hazard, imperilment, jeopardy, peril, risk, trouble a wrong judgmentthat's not the sort of slip that a prudent person would have made misapprehension, miscalculation, misjudging, misjudgment, misstep, mistake, slipup blunder, boner, boob(British), clinker, errancy, error, fault, flub, fumble, gaffe, goof, inaccuracy, lapse, miscue, stumble, tripfoul-up, muffmisstatementmisconception, misconstruction, misconstruing, misimpression, misinterpretation, misprision, misunderstanding slipverbto decline gradually from a standard levelthe store's quality of service began to slip after the new owners took over sag drop, fall, slumpflag, sink, slacken, slow (down), weakenabate, contract, decrease, de-escalate, die (down), diminish, dwindle, ebb, lessen, let up, lower, moderate, recede, relent, shrink, subside, taper, taper off, wane rocket, shoot (up), soarballoon, burgeon(also bourgeon), enlarge, escalate, expand, increase, mount, multiply, mushroom, proliferate, snowball, swell, waxcrest, peak, surge to go down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarilybe careful not to slip on the spilled oil fall, stumble, topple, trip, tumble collapse, crumple, drop, flump, keel, plop, plunk(or plonk), slump (over)crash, free-fall, nose-dive, plummet, plunge, precipitate, wipe outskid, slide get up, rise, stand (up), uprise to introduce in a gradual, secret, or clever waycasually slipped it into the conversation infiltrate, insinuate, sneak, wind, work in, worm, wriggle creep, edge, wiggleinsert, interpolate, interpose, introduce to move about in a sly or secret mannerslipped behind the cover of the trees lurk, mooch, mouse, pussyfoot, shirk, skulk, slide, slink, snake, sneak, steal crawl, creep, edge, inch, wormghost, pad, tiptoe to move or proceed smoothly and readilyjumped into the car and slipped behind the wheel bowl, breeze, brush, coast, cruise, drift, flow, glide, roll, sail, skim, slide, stream, sweep, whisk fly, race, rush, speed flounder, struggle limp, lumber, plod, stumble, trudgeshamble, shufflestamp, stomp, stump, tramplabor, toil to cast (a natural bodily covering or appendage) asideperiodically crabs slip their shells and grow new ones exfoliate, molt, shed, slough(also sluff) flake, peel, scalechuck, discard, ditch, fling (off or away), jettison, junk, scrap, shuck (off), throw away, throw out, unload n.error, mistake, blunder, slip, lapse mean a departure from what is true, right, or proper.error suggests the existence of a standard or guide and a straying from the right course through failure to make effective use of this.procedural errors mistake implies misconception or inadvertence and usually expresses less criticism than error.dialed the wrong number by mistake blunder regularly imputes stupidity or ignorance as a cause and connotes some degree of blame.diplomatic blunders slip stresses inadvertence or accident and applies especially to trivial but embarrassing mistakes.a slip of the tongue lapse stresses forgetfulness, weakness, or inattention as a cause.a lapse in judgment in the 14th century |