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slip [n]

1)	a socially awkward or tactless act

Synonyms :

faux_pas gaffe gaucherie solecism

See Also:

bloomer

2)	a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.

Synonyms :

miscue parapraxis slip-up

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error slip_up err freudian_slip

3)	potter's clay that is thinned and used for coating or decorating ceramics

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potter's_clay

4)	a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting

Synonyms :

cutting

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stalk quickset

5)	a young and slender person; "he's a mere slip of a lad"

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spring_chicken

6)	a place where a craft can be made fast

Synonyms :

berth moorage mooring

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anchorage berth berth 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"

Synonyms :

trip

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misadventure trip stumble fall

8)	a slippery smoothness; "he could feel the slickness of the tiller"

Synonyms :

slick slickness slipperiness

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smoothness sleek_down sleek

9)	artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material

Synonyms :

strip

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artefact band band cramp edge lead mullion ribbon screed stay tab tape ticker_tape weather_strip

10)

a small sheet of paper; "a receipt slip"

Synonyms :

slip_of_paper

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piece_of_paper

11)

a woman's sleeveless undergarment

Synonyms :

chemise shift shimmy teddies teddy

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undergarment shoulder_strap

12)

bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow; "the burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase"

Synonyms :

case pillow_slip pillowcase

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bed_linen

13)

an unexpected slide

Synonyms :

sideslip skid

See Also:

coast dislocate skid skid

14)

a flight maneuver; aircraft slides sideways in the air

Synonyms :

sideslip

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airplane_maneuver

15)

the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning)

Synonyms :

eluding elusion

See Also:

evasion bilk

slip [v]

1)	move stealthily; "The ship slipped away in the darkness"

Synonyms :

steal

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move sideslip eluding elapse stealing slip_away

2)	insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly; "He slipped some money into the waiter's hand"

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enclose

3)	move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner; "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk"

Synonyms :

skid slew slide slue

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glide coast slide slide slider sideslip slip_up submarine skid side-slip

4)	get worse; "My grades are slipping"

Synonyms :

drop_away drop_off fall_away

See Also:

decline drop-off slippage backslide

5)	move smoothly and easily

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break_loose sideslip elapse slip_away

6)	to make a mistake or be incorrect

Synonyms :

err mistake

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miscue slip_up error misapprehension error errancy erroneousness misremember misjudge fall_for

7)	pass on stealthily; "He slipped me the key when nobody was looking"

Synonyms :

sneak

See Also:

give

8)	pass out of one's memory

Synonyms :

slip_one's_mind

See Also:

blank_out miscue

9)	move out of position; "dislocate joints"; "the artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically"

Synonyms :

dislocate luxate splay

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displace sideslip slippage luxation dislocation dislocation

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing: (http://www.foldoc.org/, Editor Denis Howe)

1. Serial Line Internet Protocol.

2. Symmetric LIst Processsor. Early 1960's list processing subroutine package for Fortran by J. Weizenbaum. Later also embedded in MAD and ALGOL. ["Symmetric List Processor", J. Weizenbaum CACM 6:524-544(1963). Sammet 1969, p.387].

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