Main entry: eluding, elusion, slip
Definition: the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning)
Main entry: miscue, parapraxis, slip, slip-up
Definition: a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.
Main entry: gaffe, gaucherie, faux pas, solecism, slip
Definition: a socially awkward or tactless act
Definition: a flight maneuver; aircraft slides sideways in the air
Main entry: skid, slip, sideslip
Definition: an unexpected slide
Main entry: case, pillow slip, pillowcase, slip
Definition: bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow
Usage: the burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase
Main entry: shift, shimmy, slip, chemise, teddy
Definition: a woman's sleeveless undergarment
Main entry: slip, slip of paper
Definition: a small sheet of paper
Usage: a receipt slip
Definition: artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material
Main entry: slick, slickness, slip, slipperiness
Definition: a slippery smoothness
Usage: he could feel the slickness of the tiller
Definition: an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall
Usage: he blamed his slip on the ice; the jolt caused many slips and a few spills
Main entry: berth, moorage, mooring, slip
Definition: a place where a craft can be made fast
Main entry: slip
Definition: a young and slender person
Usage: he's a mere slip of a lad
Definition: a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting
Main entry: slip
Definition: potter's clay that is thinned and used for coating or decorating ceramics
Main entry: slip
Definition: insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly
Usage: He slipped some money into the waiter's hand
Main entry: drop away, drop off, fall away, slip
Definition: get worse
Usage: My grades are slipping
Main entry: splay, slip, luxate, dislocate
Definition: move out of position
Usage: dislocate joints; the artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically
Main entry: slip, slip one's mind
Definition: pass out of one's memory
Main entry: mistake, err, slip
Definition: to make a mistake or be incorrect
Main entry: skid, slew, slide, slip, slue
Definition: move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
Usage: the wheels skidded against the sidewalk
Definition: move stealthily
Usage: The ship slipped away in the darkness
Main entry: slip
Definition: move smoothly and easily
Usage: the bolt slipped into place; water slipped from the polished marble
Main entry: slip
Definition: cause to move with a smooth or sliding motion
Usage: he slipped the bolt into place
Main entry: slip
Definition: move easily
Usage: slip into something comfortable
Definition: pass on stealthily
Usage: He slipped me the key when nobody was looking