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Flip

To throw or toss with a light brisk motion
Flipped the ball to the pitcher.

Slip

To move smoothly, easily, and quietly
Slipped into bed.

Flip

To toss in the air, imparting a spin
Flip a coin.

Slip

To move stealthily; steal
Slipped out the back door.

Flip

To cause to turn over or around, especially with a light quick motion
Flip over a card.
Flipped the pancake with a spatula.

Slip

To escape, as from a grasp, fastening, or restraint
Slipped out of the wrestler's hold.
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Flip

To turn through (papers, for example); leaf
Flipped the pages of the report.

Slip

To put on or remove a piece of clothing smoothly or quietly
Slipped into a nightgown.
Slipped out of the shirt.

Flip

To strike quickly or lightly; flick
Flipped me on the shoulder with his finger.

Slip

To slide involuntarily and lose one's balance or foothold.

Flip

To move or act on with a quick motion
Flip a switch.
Flipped open her briefcase.

Slip

To move accidentally out of place or fail to gain traction
The gear slipped.
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Flip

To change or reverse (one's position or attitude).

Slip

To pass gradually, easily, or imperceptibly into a different state
He slipped into a coma.

Flip

To buy and resell (a house, for example) in a short period of time for a profit.

Slip

To decline from a former or standard level; fall off
The senator's popularity has slipped.

Flip

To turn over from one side to another or end over end
The canoe flipped over.

Slip

To elapse, especially quickly or without notice
The days slipped by.

Flip

To turn a somersault, especially in the air.

Slip

To fall into fault or error. Often used with up.

Flip

To move up and down in twists and turns
Fish flipping about in the net.

Slip

To place or insert smoothly and quietly
She slipped the letter into her pocket.

Flip

To move quickly and lightly; snap
The lid flipped open.

Slip

To insert (a remark, for example) unobtrusively
Managed to slip his criticisms in before the end of the meeting.

Flip

To leaf; browse
Flipped through the catalogue.

Slip

To put on or remove (clothing) easily or quickly
Slip on a sweater.
Slipped off her shoes.

Flip

To change one's mind, especially on a political position.

Slip

To get loose or free from; elude
Slipped his pursuers.

Flip

To go crazy.

Slip

To fail to be remembered by
Her name slips my memory.

Flip

To react strongly and especially enthusiastically
I flipped over the new car.

Slip

To release, loose, or unfasten
Slip a knot.

Flip

A flick or tap.

Slip

To unleash or free (a dog or hawk) to pursue game.

Flip

A short, quick movement
A flip of the wrist.

Slip

To give birth to prematurely. Used of animals.

Flip

A somersault.

Slip

To dislocate (a bone).

Flip

(Informal) A reversal; a flipflop.

Slip

To pass (a knitting stitch) from one needle to another without knitting it.

Flip

A mixed drink made with any of various alcoholic beverages and often including beaten eggs.

Slip

To make a slip from (a plant or plant part).

Flip

Marked by casual disrespect; impertinent
A flip answer to a serious question.

Slip

The act or an instance of slipping or sliding.

Flip

A maneuver which rotates an object end over end.
We'll decide this on a flip of a coin.
The diver did a couple of flips before landing in the pool.

Slip

An accident or mishap, especially resulting in a fall.

Flip

A complete change of direction, decision, movement etc.

Slip

An error in conduct or thinking; a mistake.

Flip

(archaic) A fillip or light blow.

Slip

A slight error or oversight, as in speech or writing
A slip of the tongue.

Flip

(dated) A whit or jot; the tiniest amount.
I don't care a flip for what he says.

Slip

A docking place for a ship between two piers.

Flip

A slingshot.

Slip

A slipway.

Flip

A hairstyle popular among boys in the 1960s–70s and 2000s–10s, in which the hair goes halfway down the ears, at which point it sticks out
Justin Bieber and Zac Efron are among the celebrities who wore a flip.

Slip

(Nautical) The difference between a vessel's actual speed through water and the speed at which the vessel would move if the screw were propelling against a solid.

Flip

(informal) The purchase of an asset (usually a house) which is then improved and sold quickly for profit.

Slip

A woman's undergarment of dress length with shoulder straps.

Flip

The tendency of a gun's barrel to jerk about at the moment of firing.

Slip

A half-slip.

Flip

A mixture of beer, spirit, etc., stirred and heated by a hot iron (a "flip dog").

Slip

A pillowcase.

Flip

(transitive) To throw so as to turn over.
You need to flip the pancake onto the other side.

Slip

A smooth crack at which rock strata have moved on each other.

Flip

(transitive) To put into a quick revolving motion through a snap of the thumb and index finger.
If you can't decide which option to go for, flip a coin.

Slip

A small fault.

Flip

To win a state (or county) won by another party in the preceding elections.
Wisconsin had been Democratic for decades, but the Republicans flipped it in 2016.

Slip

The relative displacement of formerly adjacent points on opposite sides of a fault.

Flip

To turn state's evidence; to agree to testify against one's co-conspirators in exchange for concessions from prosecutors.
The mafioso flipped on his superiors to get a lighter sentence.

Slip

The difference between optimal and actual output in a mechanical device.

Flip

To induce someone to turn state's evidence; to get someone to agree to testify against their co-conspirators in exchange for concessions.
The district attorney was able to strengthen his case against the bank robber by flipping the getaway driver.

Slip

Movement between two parts where none should exist, as between a pulley and a belt.

Flip

To go berserk or crazy.
I'd flip if anyone broke my phone.

Slip

A sideways movement of an airplane when banked too far.

Flip

To buy an asset (usually a house), improve it and sell it quickly for profit.

Slip

A part of a plant cut or broken off for grafting or planting; a scion or cutting.

Flip

To refinance (a loan), accruing additional fees.

Slip

A long narrow piece; a strip.

Flip

To invert a bit (binary digit), changing it from 0 to 1 or from 1 to 0.

Slip

A slender youthful person
A slip of a child.

Flip

To hand over or pass along.

Slip

A small piece of paper, especially a small form, document, or receipt
A deposit slip.

Flip

To switch to another task, etc.

Slip

A narrow pew in a church.

Flip

Having the quality of playfulness, or lacking seriousness of purpose.
I hate to be flip, but perhaps we could steal a Christmas tree.

Slip

Thinned potter's clay used for decorating or coating ceramics.

Flip

Sarcastic.

Slip

(intransitive) To lose one’s traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of friction.

Flip

(informal) Disrespectful, flippant.
Don't get flip with me or I'll knock you into next Tuesday!

Slip

(intransitive) To err.

Flip

A mixture of beer, spirit, etc., stirred and heated by a hot iron.

Slip

(intransitive) To accidentally reveal a secret or otherwise say something unintentional.

Flip

To toss (an object) into the air so as make it turn over one or more times; to fillip; as, to flip up a cent.
As when your little onesDo 'twixt their fingers flip their cherry stones.

Slip

(intransitive) To move or fly (out of place); to shoot; often with out, off, etc.
A bone may slip out of place.

Flip

To turn (a flat object) over with a quick motion; as, to flip a card over; to flip a pancake.

Slip

(transitive) To pass (a note, money, etc.), often covertly.
She thanked the porter and slipped a ten-dollar bill into his hand.

Flip

To cause (a person) to turn against former colleagues, such as to become a witness for the state, in a criminal prosecution in which the person is a defendant.

Slip

(transitive) To cause to move smoothly and quickly; to slide; to convey gently or secretly.

Flip

To resell (an asset) rapidly to make a quick profit.

Slip

(intransitive) To move quickly and often secretively; to depart, withdraw, enter, appear, intrude, or escape as if by sliding.
Some errors slipped into the appendix.

Flip

To become insane or irrational; - often used with out; as, seeing her mother killed made the girl flip out.

Slip

To move down; to slide.
Profits have slipped over the past six months.

Flip

An acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return

Slip

To release (a dog, a bird of prey, etc.) to go after a quarry.

Flip

Hot or cold alcoholic mixed drink containing a beaten egg

Slip

Clipping of sideslip: To fly with the longitudinal axis misaligned with the relative wind.

Flip

The act of flipping a coin

Slip

To remove the skin of a soft fruit, such as a tomato or peach, by blanching briefly in boiling water, then transferring to cold water so that the skin peels, or slips, off easily.

Flip

A dive in which the diver somersaults before entering the water

Slip

(obsolete) To omit; to lose by negligence.

Flip

(sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team;
The pass was fumbled

Slip

(transitive) To cut slips from; to cut; to take off; to make a slip or slips of.
To slip a piece of cloth or paper

Flip

Lightly throw to see which side comes up;
I don't know what to do--I may as well flip a coin!

Slip

(transitive) To cause to slip or slide off, or out of place.
A horse slips his bridle; a dog slips his collar.

Flip

Cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation;
Switch on the light
Throw the lever

Slip

To bring forth (young) prematurely; to slink.

Flip

Look through a book or other written material;
He thumbed through the report
She leafed through the volume

Slip

To cause (a schedule or release, etc.) to go, or let it go, beyond the allotted deadline.

Flip

Toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air

Slip

An act or instance of slipping.
I had a slip on the ice and bruised my hip.

Flip

Cause to move with a flick;
He flicked his Bic

Slip

A woman's undergarment worn under a skirt or dress to conceal unwanted nudity that may otherwise be revealed by the skirt or dress itself; a shift.

Flip

Throw or toss with a light motion;
Flip me the beachball
Toss me newspaper

Slip

A slipdress.

Flip

Move with a flick or light motion

Slip

A mistake or error.
A slip of the tongue

Flip

Turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse;
Flip over the pork chop
Turn over the pancakes

Slip

(nautical) A berth; a space for a ship to moor.

Flip

Go mad, go crazy;
He flipped when he heard that he was being laid off

Slip

(nautical) A difference between the theoretical distance traveled per revolution of the propeller and the actual advance of the vessel.

Flip

Reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)

Slip

(nautical) A slipway.

Flip

Marked by casual disrespect;
A flip answer to serious question
The student was kept in for impudent behavior

Slip

(medicine) A one-time return to previous maladaptive behaviour after cure.

Slip

(cricket) Any of several fielding positions to the off side of the wicket keeper, designed to catch the ball after being deflected from the bat; a fielder in that position (See first slip, second slip, third slip, fourth slip and fifth slip.)

Slip

A number between 0 and 1 that is the difference between the angular speed of a rotating magnetic field and the angular speed of its rotor, divided by the angular speed of the magnetic field.

Slip

A leash or string by which a dog is held; so called from its being made in such a manner as to slip, or become loose, by relaxation of the hand.

Slip

An escape; a secret or unexpected desertion.
He gave the warden the slip and escaped from the prison.

Slip

(aviation) sideslip

Slip

A portion of the columns of a newspaper etc. struck off by itself; a proof from a column of type when set up and in the galley.

Slip

(dated) A child's pinafore.

Slip

An outside covering or case.
A pillow slip
The slip or sheath of a sword

Slip

(obsolete) A counterfeit piece of money, made from brass covered with silver.

Slip

Matter found in troughs of grindstones after the grinding of edge tools.

Slip

A particular quantity of yarn.

Slip

A narrow passage between buildings.

Slip

(US) A long seat or narrow pew in churches, often without a door.

Slip

(mining) A dislocation of a lead, destroying continuity.

Slip

(engineering) The motion of the centre of resistance of the float of a paddle wheel, or the blade of an oar, through the water horizontally, or the difference between a vessel's actual speed and the speed it would have if the propelling instrument acted upon a solid; also, the velocity, relatively to still water, of the backward current of water produced by the propeller.

Slip

(electrical) The difference between the actual and synchronous speeds of an induction motor.

Slip

(telecommunications) The positional displacement in a sequence of transmitted symbols that causes the loss or insertion of one or more symbols.

Slip

A fish, the sole.

Slip

A twig or shoot; a cutting.
A slip from a vine

Slip

(obsolete) A descendant, a scion.

Slip

A young person (now usually with of introducing descriptive qualifier).
She couldn't hurt a fly, young slip of a girl that she is.

Slip

A long, thin piece of something.

Slip

A small piece of paper, especially one longer than it is wide, typically a form for writing on or one giving printed information.
A salary slip

Slip

(marine insurance) A memorandum of the particulars of a risk for which a policy is to be executed. It usually bears the broker's name and is initiated by the underwriters.

Slip

(ceramics) A thin, slippery mix of clay and water.

Slip

(obsolete) Mud, slime.

Slip

To move along the surface of a thing without bounding, rolling, or stepping; to slide; to glide.

Slip

To slide; to lose one's footing or one's hold; not to tread firmly; as, it is necessary to walk carefully lest the foot should slip.

Slip

To move or fly (out of place); to shoot; - often with out, off, etc.; as, a bone may slip out of its place.

Slip

To depart, withdraw, enter, appear, intrude, or escape as if by sliding; to go or come in a quiet, furtive manner; as, some errors slipped into the work.
Thus one tradesman slips away,To give his partner fairer play.
Thrice the flitting shadow slipped away.

Slip

To err; to fall into error or fault.
There is one that slippeth in his speech, but not from his heart.
Cry, "Havoc," and let slip the dogs of war.

Slip

To cause to move smoothly and quickly; to slide; to convey gently or secretly.
He tried to slip a powder into her drink.

Slip

To omit; to loose by negligence.
And slip no advantageThat my secure you.

Slip

To cut slips from; to cut; to take off; to make a slip or slips of; as, to slip a piece of cloth or paper.
The branches also may be slipped and planted.

Slip

To let loose in pursuit of game, as a greyhound.
Lucento slipped me like his greyhound.

Slip

To cause to slip or slide off, or out of place; as, a horse slips his bridle; a dog slips his collar.

Slip

To bring forth (young) prematurely; to slink.

Slip

The act of slipping; as, a slip on the ice.

Slip

An unintentional error or fault; a false step.
This good man's slip mended his pace to martyrdom.

Slip

A twig separated from the main stock; a cutting; a scion; hence, a descendant; as, a slip from a vine.
A native slip to us from foreign seeds.
The girlish slip of a Sicilian bride.

Slip

A slender piece; a strip; as, a slip of paper.
Moonlit slips of silver cloud.
A thin slip of a girl, like a new moonSure to be rounded into beauty soon.

Slip

A leash or string by which a dog is held; - so called from its being made in such a manner as to slip, or become loose, by relaxation of the hand.
We stalked over the extensive plains with Killbuck and Lena in the slips, in search of deer.

Slip

An escape; a secret or unexpected desertion; as, to give one the slip.

Slip

A portion of the columns of a newspaper or other work struck off by itself; a proof from a column of type when set up and in the galley.

Slip

Any covering easily slipped on.

Slip

A counterfeit piece of money, being brass covered with silver.

Slip

Matter found in troughs of grindstones after the grinding of edge tools.

Slip

Potter's clay in a very liquid state, used for the decoration of ceramic ware, and also as a cement for handles and other applied parts.

Slip

A particular quantity of yarn.

Slip

An inclined plane on which a vessel is built, or upon which it is hauled for repair.

Slip

An opening or space for vessels to lie in, between wharves or in a dock; as, Peck slip.

Slip

A narrow passage between buildings.

Slip

A long seat or narrow pew in churches, often without a door.

Slip

A dislocation of a lead, destroying continuity.

Slip

The motion of the center of resistance of the float of a paddle wheel, or the blade of an oar, through the water horozontally, or the difference between a vessel's actual speed and the speed which she would have if the propelling instrument acted upon a solid; also, the velocity, relatively to still water, of the backward current of water produced by the propeller.

Slip

A fish, the sole.

Slip

A fielder stationed on the off side and to the rear of the batsman. There are usually two of them, called respectively short slip, and long slip.

Slip

The retrograde movement on a pulley of a belt as it slips.

Slip

The difference between the actual and synchronous speed of an induction motor.

Slip

A memorandum of the particulars of a risk for which a policy is to be executed. It usually bears the broker's name and is initiated by the underwrites.

Slip

A socially awkward or tactless act

Slip

A minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.

Slip

Potter's clay that is thinned and used for coating or decorating ceramics

Slip

A part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting

Slip

A young and slender person;
He's a mere slip of a lad

Slip

A place where a craft can be made fast

Slip

An accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall;
He blamed his slip on the ice
The jolt caused many slips and a few spills

Slip

A slippery smoothness;
He could feel the slickness of the tiller

Slip

Artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material

Slip

A small sheet of paper;
A receipt slip

Slip

A woman's sleeveless undergarment

Slip

Bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow;
The burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase

Slip

An unexpected slide

Slip

A flight maneuver; aircraft slides sideways in the air

Slip

The act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning)

Slip

Move stealthily;
The ship slipped away in the darkness

Slip

Insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly;
He slipped some money into the waiter's hand

Slip

Move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner;
The wheels skidded against the sidewalk

Slip

Get worse;
My grades are slipping

Slip

Move smoothly and easily

Slip

To make a mistake or be incorrect

Slip

Pass on stealthily;
He slipped me the key when nobody was looking

Slip

Pass out of one's memory

Slip

Move out of position;
Dislocate joints
The artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically

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