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1. faux pas, gaffe, solecism, slip, gaucherie -- (a socially awkward or tactless act).
2. slip, slip-up, miscue, parapraxis -- (a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.).
3. slip -- (potter's clay that is thinned and used for coating or decorating ceramics).
4. cutting, slip -- (a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting).
5. slip -- (a young and slender person; "he's a mere slip of a lad").
6. mooring, moorage, berth, slip -- (a place where a craft can be made fast).
7. 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").
8. slickness, slick, slipperiness, slip -- (a slippery smoothness; "he could feel the slickness of the tiller").
9. strip, slip -- (artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material).
10. slip, slip of paper -- (a small sheet of paper; "a receipt slip").
11. chemise, shimmy, shift, slip, teddies, teddy -- (a woman's sleeveless undergarment).
12. case, pillowcase, slip, pillow slip -- (bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow; "the burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase").
13. skid, slip, sideslip -- (an unexpected slide).
14. slip, sideslip -- (a flight maneuver; aircraft slides sideways in the air).
15. slip, elusion, eluding -- (the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning)).

1. steal, slip -- (move stealthily; "The ship slipped away in the darkness").
2. slip -- (insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly; "He slipped some money into the waiter's hand").
3. skid, slip, slue, slew, slide -- (move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner; "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk").
4. slip, drop off, drop away, fall away -- (get worse; "My grades are slipping").
5. slip -- (move smoothly and easily).
6. err, mistake, slip -- (to make a mistake or be incorrect).
7. slip, sneak -- (pass on stealthily; "He slipped me the key when nobody was looking").
8. slip, slip one's mind -- (pass out of one's memory).
9. dislocate, luxate, splay, slip -- (move out of position; "dislocate joints"; "the artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically").

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