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S: (n) faux pas, gaffe, solecism, slip, gaucherie (a socially awkward or tactless act)
S: (n) slip, slip-up, miscue, parapraxis (a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.)

S: (n) mistake, error, fault (a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention) "he made a bad mistake"; "she was quick to point out my errors"; "I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults"

S: (n) nonaccomplishment, nonachievement (an act that does not achieve its intended goal)

S: (n) act, deed, human action, human activity (something that people do or cause to happen)

S: (n) psychological feature (a feature of the mental life of a living organism)

S: (n) abstraction, abstract entity (a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples)

S: (n) entity (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))

S: (n) slip (potter's clay that is thinned and used for coating or decorating ceramics)
S: (n) cutting, slip (a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting)
S: (n) slip (a young and slender person) "he's a mere slip of a lad"
S: (n) mooring, moorage, berth, slip (a place where a craft can be made fast)
S: (n) 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"
S: (n) slickness, slick, slipperiness, slip (a slippery smoothness) "he could feel the slickness of the tiller"
S: (n) strip, slip (artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material)

S: (n) slip, slip of paper (a small sheet of paper) "a receipt slip"; "a withdrawal slip"
S: (n) chemise, shimmy, shift, slip, teddy (a woman's sleeveless undergarment)
S: (n) case, pillowcase, slip, pillow slip (bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow) "the burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase"
S: (n) skid, slip, sideslip (an unexpected slide)

S: (n) slide, glide, coast (the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it) "his slide didn't stop until the bottom of the hill"; "the children lined up for a coast down the snowy slope"

S: (n) slip, sideslip (a flight maneuver; aircraft slides sideways in the air)

S: (n) slip, elusion, eluding (the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning))

S: (v) steal, slip (move stealthily) "The ship slipped away in the darkness"
S: (v) slip (insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly) "He slipped some money into the waiter's hand"
S: (v) skid, slip, slue, slew, slide (move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner) "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk"
S: (v) slip, drop off, drop away, fall away (get worse) "My grades are slipping"
S: (v) slip (move smoothly and easily) "the bolt slipped into place"; "water slipped from the polished marble"
S: (v) err, mistake, slip (to make a mistake or be incorrect)
S: (v) slip, sneak (pass on stealthily) "He slipped me the key when nobody was looking"
S: (v) slip (move easily) "slip into something comfortable"

S: (v) slip (cause to move with a smooth or sliding motion) "he slipped the bolt into place"
S: (v) slip, slip one's mind (pass out of one's memory)
S: (v) dislocate, luxate, splay, slip (move out of position) "dislocate joints"; "the artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically"