slip

I 1. verb

1)

she slipped on the ice

Syn:

slide, skid, glide; fall (over), lose one's balance, tumble

2)

the envelope slipped through Luke's fingers

Syn:

fall, drop, slide

3)

we slipped out by a back door

Syn:

creep, steal, sneak, slide, sidle, slope, slink, tiptoe

4)

standards have slipped

Syn:

decline, deteriorate, degenerate, worsen, get worse, fall (off), drop; informal go downhill, go to the dogs, go to pot

5)

the stock index slipped 30 points

Syn:

drop, go down, sink, slump, decrease, depreciate

6)

the hours slipped by

Syn:

pass, elapse, go by/past, roll by/past, fly by/past, tick by/past

7)

she slipped the map into her pocket

Syn:

put, tuck, shove; informal pop, stick, stuff

8)

Sarah slipped into a black skirt

Syn:

put on, pull on, don, dress/clothe oneself in; change into

9)

she slipped out of her clothes

Syn:

take off, remove, pull off, doff, peel off

10)

he slipped the knot of his tie

Syn:

untie, unfasten, undo

2. noun

1)

a single slip could send them plummeting downward

Syn:

false step, misstep, slide, skid, fall, tumble

2)

a careless slip

Syn:

mistake, error, blunder, gaffe, slip of the tongue/pen; oversight, omission, lapse, inaccuracy; informal slip-up, boo-boo, howler, goof, blooper

See note at mistake

3)

a silk slip

Syn:

underskirt, petticoat

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- give someone the slip

- let something slip

- slip away

- slip up

II noun

they took slips from rare plants

- a slip of a

- slip of paper

Syn:

cutting, graft; scion, shoot, offshoot