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Noun slip has 15 senses

faux pas, gaffe, solecism, slip, gaucherie - a socially awkward or tactless act
--₁ is a kind of blunder, blooper, bloomer, bungle, foul-up, fuckup, flub, botch, boner, boo-boo
slip, slip-up, miscue, parapraxis - a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.
--₂ is a kind of mistake, error, fault
--₂ has particulars: Freudian slip
Derived forms: verb slip₈, verb slip₆
slip - potter's clay that is thinned and used for coating or decorating ceramics
--₃ is a kind of potter's clay, potter's earth
cutting, slip - a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting
--₄ is a kind of stalk, stem
--₄ has particulars: quickset
slip - a young and slender person; "he's a mere slip of a lad"
--₅ is a kind of young person, youth, younker, spring chicken
mooring, moorage, berth, slip - a place where a craft can be made fast
--₆ is a kind of anchorage, anchorage ground
slip, trip - an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall; "he blamed his slip on the ice"; "the jolt caused many slips and a few spills"
--₇ is a kind of mishap, misadventure, mischance
--₇ has particulars: spill, tumble, fall
slickness, slick, slipperiness, slip - a slippery smoothness; "he could feel the slickness of the tiller"
--₈ is a kind of smoothness
strip, slip - artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material
--₉ is a kind of artifact, artefact
--₉ has particulars:
band; band, ring; cramp, cramp iron; edge, margin; lead, leading; mullion; ribbon, typewriter ribbon; screed; stay; tab; tape; ticker tape; weather strip, weather stripping
slip, slip of paper - a small sheet of paper; "a receipt slip"
--₁₀ is a kind of sheet, piece of paper, sheet of paper
chemise, shimmy, shift, slip, teddies, teddy - a woman's sleeveless undergarment
--₁₁ is a kind of undergarment
--₁₁ has parts: strap, shoulder strap
case, pillowcase, slip, pillow slip - bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow; "the burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase"
--₁₂ is a kind of bed linen
skid, slip, sideslip - an unexpected slide
--₁₃ is a kind of slide, glide, coast

Derived forms: verb slip₉, verb slip₃, verb slip₁
slip, sideslip - a flight maneuver; aircraft slides sideways in the air
--₁₄ is a kind of flight maneuver, airplane maneuver

Derived form: verb slip₅
slip, elusion, eluding - the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning)
--₁₅ is a kind of evasion

Derived form: verb slip₁

Verb slip has 9 senses

steal, slip - move stealthily; "The ship slipped away in the darkness"
--₁ is one way to move

Derived forms: noun slip₁₃, noun slip₁₅
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s PP
slip - insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly; "He slipped some money into the waiter's hand"
--₂ is one way to insert, enclose, inclose, stick in, put in, introduce
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something PP
skid, slip, slue, slew, slide - move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner; "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk"
--₃ is one way to glide

Derived form: noun slip₁₃
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
slip, drop off, drop away, fall away - get worse; "My grades are slipping"
--₄ is one way to worsen, decline

Derived form: noun slippage₂
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
slip - move smoothly and easily
--₅ is one way to escape, get away, break loose

Derived form: noun slip₁₄
Sample sentences:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
err, mistake, slip - to make a mistake or be incorrect

Derived form: noun slip₂
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
slip, sneak - pass on stealthily; "He slipped me the key when nobody was looking"
--₇ is one way to pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give
Sample sentences:
They slip the food to the people
They slip the people the food
slip, slip one's mind - pass out of one's memory
--₈ is one way to forget, block, blank out, draw a blank

Derived form: noun slip₂
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
dislocate, luxate, splay, slip - move out of position; "dislocate joints"; "the artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically"
--₉ is one way to move, displace

Derived forms: noun slip₁₃, noun slippage₃
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something