Definition of Slip

Noun

• the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning)
  elusion eluding
• a flight maneuver
  aircraft slides sideways in the air
  sideslip
• an unexpected slide
  skid sideslip
• bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow
  "the burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase"
  case pillowcase - pillow slip
• a woman's sleeveless undergarment
  chemise shimmy shift teddy
• a small sheet of paper
  "a receipt slip"
  - slip of paper
• artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material
  strip
• a slippery smoothness
  "he could feel the slickness of the tiller"
  slickness slick slipperiness
• an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall
  "he blamed his slip on the ice"
  "the jolt caused many slips and a few spills"
  trip
• a place where a craft can be made fast
  mooring moorage berth
• 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
  cutting
• 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.
  - slip up miscue parapraxis
• a socially awkward or tactless act
  - faux pas gaffe solecism gaucherie

Verb

• move out of position
  "dislocate joints"
  "the artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically"
  dislocate luxate splay
• pass out of one's memory
  - slip one's mind
• 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"
  sneak
• to make a mistake or be incorrect
  err mistake
• move smoothly and easily
  "the bolt slipped into place"
  "water slipped from the polished marble"
  
• get worse
  "My grades are slipping"
  - drop off - drop away - fall away
• move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
  "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk"
  skid slue slew slide
• insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly
  "He slipped some money into the waiter's hand"
  
• move stealthily
  "The ship slipped away in the darkness"
  steal

Word games points for the Slip

• Scrabble® score of the slip (6)
• Word Chums® score of the slip (8)
• Words With Friends® score of the slip (8)

Unscramble slip

12 unscramble word found using the letters slip.

is, li, lip, lips, lis, lisp, pi, pis, psi, si, sip, slip,