What is the meaning of slip?

noun

• A socially awkward or tactless act.
  • synonyms: faux pas, gaffe, solecism, gaucherie
• A minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc..
  • synonyms: slip-up, miscue, parapraxis
• Potter's clay that is thinned and used for coating or decorating ceramics.
• A part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting.
  • synonyms: cutting
• A young and slender person.
  • usage: "he's a mere slip of a lad"
• A place where a craft can be made fast.
  • synonyms: mooring, moorage, berth
• 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"
  • synonyms: trip
• A slippery smoothness.
  • usage: "he could feel the slickness of the tiller"
  • synonyms: slickness, slick, slipperiness
• Artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material.
  • synonyms: strip
• A small sheet of paper.
  • usage: "a receipt slip"
  • synonyms: slip of paper
• A woman's sleeveless undergarment.
  • synonyms: chemise, shimmy, shift, teddy
• Bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow.
  • usage: "the burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase"
  • synonyms: case, pillowcase, pillow slip
• An unexpected slide.
  • synonyms: skid, sideslip
• A flight maneuver; aircraft slides sideways in the air.
  • synonyms: sideslip
• The act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning.
  • synonyms: elusion, eluding

verb

• Move stealthily.
  • usage: "The ship slipped away in the darkness"
  • synonyms: steal
• Insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly.
  • usage: "He slipped some money into the waiter's hand"
• Move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner.
  • usage: "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk"
  • synonyms: skid, slue, slew, slide
• Get worse.
  • usage: "My grades are slipping"
  • synonyms: drop off, drop away, fall away
• Move smoothly and easily.
  • usage: "the bolt slipped into place"; "water slipped from the polished marble"
• To make a mistake or be incorrect.
  • synonyms: err, mistake
• Pass on stealthily.
  • usage: "He slipped me the key when nobody was looking"
  • synonyms: sneak
• Move easily.
  • usage: "slip into something comfortable"
• Cause to move with a smooth or sliding motion.
  • usage: "he slipped the bolt into place"
• Pass out of one's memory.
  • synonyms: slip one's mind
• Move out of position.
  • usage: "dislocate joints"; "the artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically"
  • synonyms: dislocate, luxate, splay