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say it: slip
slip is a noun and verb meaning "a socially awkward or tactless act". It carries 26 recorded senses.
potter's clay that is thinned and used for coating or decorating ceramics
a slippery smoothness
“he could feel the slickness of the tiller”
bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow
“the burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase”
a flight maneuver; aircraft slides sideways in the air
insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly
“He slipped some money into the waiter's hand”
move smoothly and easily
“the bolt slipped into place”
“water slipped from the polished marble”
pass out of one's memory
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for slip come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.