slip

Noun

• the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning)

• a flight maneuver; aircraft slides sideways in the air

• an unexpected slide

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

• a woman's sleeveless undergarment

• a small sheet of paper
  • a receipt slip
    

• artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material

• a slippery smoothness
  • he could feel the slickness of the tiller
    

• an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall
  • he blamed his slip on the ice
    
  • the jolt caused many slips and a few spills
    

• a place where a craft can be made fast

• a young and slender person
  • he's a mere slip of a lad
    

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

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

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

• a socially awkward or tactless act

Verb

• move out of position
  • dislocate joints
    
  • the artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically
    

• pass out of one's memory

• cause to move with a smooth or sliding motion
  • he slipped the bolt into place
    

• move easily
  • slip into something comfortable
    

• pass on stealthily
  • He slipped me the key when nobody was looking
    

• to make a mistake or be incorrect

• move smoothly and easily
  • the bolt slipped into place
    
  • water slipped from the polished marble
    

• get worse
  • My grades are slipping
    

• move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
  • the wheels skidded against the sidewalk
    

• insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly
  • He slipped some money into the waiter's hand
    

• move stealthily
  • The ship slipped away in the darkness
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  elusion , eluding , sideslip , skid , case , pillowcase , pillow slip , chemise , shimmy , shift , teddy , slip of paper , strip , slickness , slick , slipperiness , trip , mooring , moorage , berth , cutting , slip-up , miscue , parapraxis , faux pas , gaffe , solecism , gaucherie , dislocate , luxate , splay , sli