- a small mistake, usually made by being careless or not paying attention
- He recited the whole poem without making a single slip.
- There were a few slips in the translation.
Synonyms mistakemistakeerror ▪ inaccuracy ▪ slip ▪ howler ▪ misprintThese are all words for a word, figure or fact that is not said, written down or typed correctly.mistake a word or figure that is not said or written down correctly:see also Freudian slip- It’s a common mistake among learners of English.
- spelling mistakes
- There are too many errors in your work.
- The article is full of inaccuracies.
- The report is full of howlers.
- a(n) mistake/error/inaccuracy/slip/howler/misprint in something
- to make a(n) mistake/error/slip/howler
- to contain/be full of mistakes/errors/inaccuracies/howlers/misprints
Extra Examples- His team cannot afford any slips.
- She made a couple of unfortunate slips during the talk.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- little
- slight
- unfortunate
- …
- make
- afford
- a slip of the tongue
- a small piece of paper, especially one for writing on or with something printed on it
- I wrote it down on a slip of paper.
- a betting slip
Extra Examples- He got over fifty rejection slips before his novel was published.
- His father signed a permission slip for a school field trip.
- Please detach and return the slip below.
- The Senator returns the blue slip with an indication whether they support or oppose the nominee.
- a bank deposit slip
- Please fill in the tear-off slip and return it the office.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- rejection
- betting
- voting
- …
- sign
- give somebody
- hand somebody
- …
- on a/the slip
- a slip of paper
- an act of slipping
- One slip and you could fall to your death.
- a piece of underwear like a thin dress or skirt, worn under a dressTopics Clothes and Fashionc2
- a player who stands behind and to one side of the batter and tries to catch the ball; the position on the field where this player stands
- in the slips fielding in the slips
small mistake
piece of paper
act of slipping
clothing
in cricket
Word Originnoun sense 1 and noun senses 3 to 5 Middle English (in the sense ‘move quickly and softly’): probably from Middle Low German slippen (verb); compare with slippery. noun sense 2 late Middle English: probably from Middle Dutch, Middle Low German slippe ‘cut, strip’.
Idioms
See slip in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee slip in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishgive somebody the slip
- (informal) to get away from somebody who is following or running after you
- I managed to give him the slip by hiding behind a wall.
a slip of a boy, girl, etc.
- (old-fashioned) a small or thin, usually young, person
- I was only a slip of a thing at the time.
a slip of the pen/tongue
- a small mistake in something that you write or say
- Did I call you Richard? Sorry, Robert, just a slip of the tongue.
- I didn't mean to say that—it was just a slip of the tongue.
there’s many a slip ’twixt cup and lip
- (saying) nothing is completely certain until it really happens because things can easily go wrongTopics Doubt, guessing and certaintyc2
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