Phrase Hound found 60 phrases and 26 compound words that contain slips. The most common are listed below. Open slips in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 60
- slips and captureA type of cognitive error whereby a person inadvertently performs one action while intending to do another.
- half slipsplural of half slip: A slip or undergarment held held to the body around the waist with an elastic waistband.
- pink slipsplural of pink slip: A notice of termination of employment.
- rejection slipsplural of rejection slip: A standardized message notifying an author that his or her work has not been accepted for publication, ordinarily printed on a small piece of paper and attached to the returned manuscript.
- time slipsplural of time slip: Alternative form of timeslip (“a phenomenon that causes unexpected time travel”).
- Freudian slipsplural of Freudian slip: A mistake in speech or action in which a person supposedly shows their true subconscious desires.
- slips of the tongueplural of slip of the tongue: A mistake in speech.
- Albany slipsplural of Albany slip: A glazing mixture made from a clay peculiar to the Upper Hudson Region of New York, used in some American stoneware pottery.
- blue slipsplural of blue slip: In the House of Representatives, a rejection slip given to tax and spending bills sent to it by the Senate that did not originate in the House, per the House's interpretation of the Origination Clause.
- brick slipsplural of brick slip: A thin slice, usually 20mm in thickness, of a facing brick; used for creating feature walls and external cladding when a lightweight material must be used.
- buck slipsplural of buck slip: A piece of paper attached to a file, memorandum, etc., indicating who should read it and what action to take.
- cover slipsplural of cover slip: A thin glass plate used to cover samples mounted on a microscope slide.
- deposit slipsplural of deposit slip: A form for a depositor to complete, designed to categorically document the items included in a deposit transaction.
- fifth slipsplural of fifth slip: The slip fielding position beyond the fourth slip.
- first slipsplural of first slip: The slip fielding position closest to the wicket keeper
- fly slipsplural of fly slip: A position deeper than the conventional slips, between the slips and third man.
- fourth slipsplural of fourth slip: A fielding position to the off side of the third slip.
- green slipsplural of green slip: A portion of Crown land remaining unalienated due to a size discrepancy between the land survey and the actual division.
- leg slipsplural of leg slip: a fielding position on the leg side of the wicket-keeper, designed to catch a ball after it hits the bat and deflects by a small amount
- line slipsplural of line slip: A variant form of a sphere packing in a cylinder, differing from the uniform structure in missing certain lines that represent contacts between spheres when diagrammed.
- mag-slipsplural of mag-slip: Any of a variety of devices that rely on magnetic slip rings to drive a transmitter and receiver that rotate in unison.
- mouse slipsplural of mouse slip: An unintentional mouseclick due to jittery or imprecise movement of a mouse.
- nip slipsplural of nip slip: The brief accidental exposure of a woman's breast, usually partially and on the side.
- off-slipsplural of off-slip: A slip road by which traffic leaves a major road such as a motorway.
- pay slipsplural of pay slip: A small document, included with an employee's wage or salary, giving details of income earned and tax and insurance paid.
Compound words 26
- timeslipsplural of timeslip: A timesheet.
- coverslipsplural of coverslip: A thin glass plate used to cover samples mounted on a microscope slide.
- payslipsplural of payslip: A small document, included with an employee's wage or salary, giving details of income earned and tax and insurance paid.
- afterslipsplural of afterslip: A non-violent movement of the ground following an earthquake
- cheslipsplural of cheslip: A woodlouse.
- cowslipsplural of cowslip: A low-growing plant, Primula veris, with yellow flowers.
- Crislipsplural of Crislip: A surname.
- earthslipsplural of earthslip: A landslide or landslip.
- elkslipsplural of elkslip: A North American flowering plant of species Caltha leptosepala.
- filmslipsplural of filmslip: A short filmstrip, sometimes mounted so that it lies flat.