slips

Noun

• a socially awkward or tactless act
• a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.
• potter's clay that is thinned and used for coating or decorating ceramics
• a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting
• a young and slender person
• a place where a craft can be made fast
• an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall
  • "the jolt caused many slips and a few spills"
• a slippery smoothness
• artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material
• a small sheet of paper
• a woman's sleeveless undergarment
• bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow
• an unexpected slide
• a flight maneuver; aircraft slides sideways in the air
• the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning)
• plural of slip
• the area of the field covered by fielders in the slip positions; the slip fielders collectively

Verb

• move stealthily
• insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly
• move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
• get worse
• move smoothly and easily
• to make a mistake or be incorrect
• pass on stealthily
• move easily
• cause to move with a smooth or sliding motion
• pass out of one's memory
• move out of position
• third-person singular simple present indicative of slip

Synonyms

berth, case, chemise, cutting, dislocate, drop away, drop off, eluding, elusion, err, fall away, faux pas, gaffe, gaucherie, luxate, miscue, mistake, moorage, mooring, parapraxis, pillow slip, pillowcase, shift, shimmy, sideslip, skid, slew, slick, slickness, slide, slip, slip of paper, slip one's mind, slip-up, slipperiness, slue, sneak, solecism, splay, steal, strip, teddy, trip