Dictionary entry details
• SLIP (noun)
Meaning:
A socially awkward or tactless act
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
solecism; slip; gaffe; faux pas; gaucherie
Hypernyms ("slip" is a kind of...):
bloomer; blooper; blunder; boner; boo-boo; botch; bungle; flub; foul-up; fuckup; pratfall (an embarrassing mistake)
Meaning:
A minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
parapraxis; slip-up; miscue; slip
Hypernyms ("slip" is a kind of...):
error; fault; mistake (a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "slip"):
Freudian slip (a slip-up that (according to Sigmund Freud) results from the operation of unconscious wishes or conflicts and can reveal unconscious processes in normal healthy individuals)
Meaning:
Potter's clay that is thinned and used for coating or decorating ceramics
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("slip" is a kind of...):
potter's clay; potter's earth (clay that does not contain any iron; used in making pottery or for modeling)
Meaning:
A part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
cutting; slip
Hypernyms ("slip" is a kind of...):
stalk; stem (a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "slip"):
quickset (cuttings of plants set in the ground to grow as hawthorn for hedges or vines)
Meaning:
A young and slender person
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Context example:
he's a mere slip of a lad
Hypernyms ("slip" is a kind of...):
spring chicken; young person; younker; youth (a young person (especially a young man or boy))
Meaning:
A place where a craft can be made fast
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
mooring; berth; moorage; slip
Hypernyms ("slip" is a kind of...):
anchorage; anchorage ground (place for vessels to anchor)
Meaning:
An accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
trip; slip
Context examples:
he blamed his slip on the ice / the jolt caused many slips and a few spills
Hypernyms ("slip" is a kind of...):
misadventure; mischance; mishap (an instance of misfortune)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "slip"):
fall; spill; tumble (a sudden drop from an upright position)
Meaning:
A slippery smoothness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
slick; slipperiness; slickness; slip
Context example:
he could feel the slickness of the tiller
Hypernyms ("slip" is a kind of...):
smoothness (a texture without roughness; smooth to the touch)
Meaning:
Artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
strip; slip
Hypernyms ("slip" is a kind of...):
artefact; artifact (a man-made object taken as a whole)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "slip"):
weather strip; weather stripping; weatherstrip; weatherstripping (a narrow strip of material to cover the joint of a door or window to exclude the cold)
tape (a long thin piece of cloth or paper as used for binding or fastening)
tab (a short strip of material attached to or projecting from something in order to facilitate opening or identifying or handling it)
stay (a thin strip of metal or bone that is used to stiffen a garment (e.g. a corset))
screed (an accurately levelled strip of material placed on a wall or floor as guide for the even application of plaster or concrete)
ribbon; typewriter ribbon (a long strip of inked material for making characters on paper with a typewriter)
mullion (a nonstructural vertical strip between the casements or panes of a window (or the panels of a screen))
lead; leading (thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in printing)
edge; margin (a strip near the boundary of an object)
cramp; cramp iron (a strip of metal with ends bent at right angles; used to hold masonry together)
band (a thin flat strip or loop of flexible material that goes around or over something else)
band; ring (a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration))
band (a thin flat strip of flexible material that is worn around the body or one of the limbs (especially to decorate the body))
Meaning:
A small sheet of paper
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
slip of paper; slip
Context example:
a receipt slip
Hypernyms ("slip" is a kind of...):
piece of paper; sheet; sheet of paper (used for writing or printing)
Meaning:
A woman's sleeveless undergarment
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
chemise; shimmy; teddy; shift; slip
Hypernyms ("slip" is a kind of...):
undergarment; unmentionable (a garment worn under other garments)
Meronyms (parts of "slip"):
shoulder strap; strap (a band that goes over the shoulder and supports a garment or bag)
Meaning:
Bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
pillow slip; pillowcase; slip; case
Context example:
the burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase
Hypernyms ("slip" is a kind of...):
bed linen (linen or cotton articles for a bed (as sheets and pillowcases))
Meaning:
An unexpected slide
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
sideslip; skid; slip
Hypernyms ("slip" is a kind of...):
coast; glide; slide (the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it)
Meaning:
A flight maneuver; aircraft slides sideways in the air
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
sideslip; slip
Hypernyms ("slip" is a kind of...):
airplane maneuver; flight maneuver (a maneuver executed by an aircraft)
Meaning:
The act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
eluding; elusion; slip
Hypernyms ("slip" is a kind of...):
evasion (the act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit maneuver)
• SLIP (verb)
Meaning:
Move stealthily
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
slip; steal
Context example:
The ship slipped away in the darkness
Hypernyms (to "slip" is one way to...):
move (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
Also:
slip away (pass by)
Meaning:
Insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
He slipped some money into the waiter's hand
Hypernyms (to "slip" is one way to...):
enclose; inclose; insert; introduce; put in; stick in (introduce)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something PP
Meaning:
Move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
slide; slew; slue; slip; skid
Context example:
the wheels skidded against the sidewalk
Hypernyms (to "slip" is one way to...):
glide (move smoothly and effortlessly)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "slip"):
submarine (move forward or under in a sliding motion)
skid (slide without control)
side-slip (slide sideways through the air in a downward direction in an airplane along an inclined lateral axis)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
Also:
slip up (make an error)
Meaning:
Get worse
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
drop away; fall away; slip; drop off
Context example:
My grades are slipping
Hypernyms (to "slip" is one way to...):
decline; worsen (grow worse)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "slip"):
backslide; lapse (drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Move smoothly and easily
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "slip" is one way to...):
break loose; escape; get away (run away from confinement)
Sentence frames:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
Also:
slip away (leave furtively and stealthily)
slip by (pass by)
Meaning:
To make a mistake or be incorrect
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
err; mistake; slip
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "slip"):
misremember (remember incorrectly)
slip up; stumble; trip up (make an error)
misjudge (judge incorrectly)
fall for (be deceived, duped, or entrapped by)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Also:
slip up (make an error)
Meaning:
Pass on stealthily
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
sneak; slip
Context example:
He slipped me the key when nobody was looking
Hypernyms (to "slip" is one way to...):
give; hand; pass; pass on; reach; turn over (place into the hands or custody of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Sentence examples:
They slip the food to the people
They slip the people the food
Meaning:
Pass out of one's memory
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
slip one's mind; slip
Hypernyms (to "slip" is one way to...):
blank out; block; draw a blank; forget (be unable to remember)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Move out of position
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
dislocate; luxate; splay; slip
Context examples:
dislocate joints / the artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically
Hypernyms (to "slip" is one way to...):
displace; move (cause to move, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
