slip

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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

v. glide, slide; misstep; steal; escape, elapse; blunder, err; don. —n. misstep, slide; blunder, error; scion, graft; faux pas, indiscretion; undergarment; pillowcase; dock; strip, sheet; chit, girl; ceramic, cement. See descent, clothing, travel.

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(Roget's IV) n.

1. [Error]

Syn. lapse, misdeed, indiscretion; see error 1 .

2. [Misstep]

Syn. slide, skid, stumble; see fall 1 .

3. [Undergarment]

Syn. underclothing, lingerie, half-slip, chemise, camisole; see also clothes , underwear .

4. [Piece of paper]

Syn. piece, sheet, leaf; see paper 1 .

See Synonym Study at error .

• give someone the slip*,

Syn. get away, slip away, escape (from); see leave 1 .

v.

1. [To slide]

Syn. glide, shift, move; see slide 1 .

2. [To err]

Syn. slip up, blunder, mistake, make a mistake.

• let slip,

3.

Syn. miss, fail with, slip up*; see drop 2 , neglect 1 , 2 .

4.

Syn. tell, divulge, let out; see reveal 1 .

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(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

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n.

1. fall trip, stumble, misstep, slide, tumble, spill.

2. error mistake, lapse, slip of the tongue (lapsus linguae), slip of the pen (lapsus calami), *Freudian slip, faux pas, blunder, *boner, *howler, oversight.

3. woman's undergarment petticoat, chemise, lingerie.

4. slip of paper note, receipt, voucher.

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v.

1. fall trip, stumble, misstep, slide, tumble, take a spill, topple, lose one's balance, take a header, go head over heels, flop.

2. make a mistake make an error, err, let slip, lapse, blunder, bungle, *goof, *screw up, *blow it.

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(Roget's Thesaurus II) I verb 1. To move smoothly, continuously, and effortlessly: glide, glissade, lapse, slide, slither. See MOVE. 2. To move silently and furtively: creep, glide, lurk, mouse, prowl, pussyfoot, skulk, slide, slink, snake, sneak, steal. Slang: gumshoe. See MOVE. 3. To lose one's balance and fall or almost fall: skid, slide, slither. Idiom: take a skid (or slide). See MOVE. 4. To shift or be shifted out of place: slide. See MOVE. 5. To maneuver gently and slowly into place: ease, glide, slide. See CAREFUL, EASY. 6. To free from ties or fasteners: disengage, loose, loosen, unbind, unclasp, undo, unfasten, unloose, unloosen, untie. See TIGHTEN. 7. To get away from (a pursuer): elude, evade, lose, shake off, throw off. Slang: shake. Idiom: give someone the shake (or slip). See SEEK. 8. To bring forth a nonviable fetus prematurely: abort, miscarry. See REPRODUCTION. 9. To displace (a bone) from a socket or joint: dislocate, throw out. Idiom: throw out of joint. See HELP. 10. To decline, as in value or quantity, very gradually: drop off, fall off, sag. See INCREASE. 11. To make an error or mistake: err, miscue, mistake, slip up, stumble, trip up. See CORRECT. 12. To undergo moral deterioration: fall, sink. Idiom: go bad (or wrong). See RIGHT. II noun 1. An act or thought that unintentionally deviates from what is correct, right, or true: erratum, error, inaccuracy, incorrectness, lapse, miscue, misstep, mistake, slip-up, trip. See CORRECT. 2. A minor mistake: lapse, slip-up. Informal: fluff. See CORRECT.