Synonym: blunder, error, glide, mistake, oversight, skid, slide. Similar words: lip, clip, flip, slide, slice, slight, Muslim, slightly. Meaning: [slɪp] n. 1. a socially awkward or tactless act 2. a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc. 3. potter's clay that is thinned and used for coating or decorating ceramics 4. a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting 5. a young and slender person 6. a place where a craft can be made fast 7. an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall 8. a slippery smoothness 9. artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material 10. a small sheet of paper 11. a woman's sleeveless undergarment 12. bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow 13. an unexpected slide 14. a flight maneuver; aircraft slides sideways in the air 15. the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning). v. 1. move stealthily 2. insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly 3. move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner 4. get worse 5. move smoothly and easily 6. to make a mistake or be incorrect 7. pass on stealthily 8. pass out of one's memory 9. move out of position.
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61) Did I say $100? It must have been a slip of the tongue.
62) Emergency workers fear that the burning ship could slip its moorings.
63) Jack pulled the slip of paper from his shirt pocket.
64) If she let this chance slip, she would regret it for the rest of her life.
65) I managed to slip a few jokes into my speech.
66) It amazed him how easily one could slip into a routine.
67) It would be foolish to let such an opportunity slip; it's a chance of a lifetime.
68) I happened to let it slip that he had given me £1 000 for the car.
69) He took a short length of rope and swiftly tied a slip knot.
70) I wanted to duck down and slip past but they saw me.
71) I knew her when she was a slip of a girl.
72) Did my slip show?
72) Sentencedict.com try its best to gather and make good sentences.
73) Passers-by would slip the beggar some change as they passed.
74) I bet he let slip that I'd gone to America.
75) I let it slip that I was expecting a baby.
76) She was thankful for the darkness which allowed her to slip away unnoticed.
77) We let the last chance of escape slip through our fingers.
78) Who is first slip?
79) He let it slip that they were planning to get married.
80) I knew he would pick me up on that slip sooner or later.
81) In a class of 30 children it is easy for some to slip through the net and learn nothing.
82) I didn't mean to say that?it was just a slip of the tongue.
83) A slip of the tongue made me say Robert instead of Richard.
84) In his concentration on the job in hand, John allowed his normal vigilance to slip.
85) If you want to order a book fill in the green slip.
86) From now on no one is to mention that slip of paper.
87) The king was determined not to let Scotland slip from his grasp.
88) Careful you don't slip - there's water on the floor.
89) He let it slip that he hadn't actually read the report.
90) She's just a slip of a thing, but she can run faster than all of us.