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Dictionary: slip-up   (slĭp'ŭp')
n.
An error; an oversight.


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noun

  1. An act or thought that unintentionally deviates from what is correct, right, or true: erratum, error, inaccuracy, incorrectness, lapse, miscue, misstep, mistake, slip, trip. See correct/incorrect.
  2. A minor mistake: lapse, slip. Informal fluff. See correct/incorrect.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.
  Synonyms: slip, miscue, parapraxis


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Dansk (Danish)
n. - fejl

Nederlands (Dutch)
fout

Français (French)
n. - bourde

Deutsch (German)
n. - Schnitzer

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ολίσθημα, γκάφα, ατόπημα

Italiano (Italian)
sbaglio

Português (Portuguese)
n. - descuido (m), erro (m)

Русский (Russian)
ошибка, недосмотр, затруднение, неприятность, провал

Español (Spanish)
n. - error, desliz, metedura de pata

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - tabbe, fel

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
错误, 不幸事故, 遗漏

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 錯誤, 不幸事故, 遺漏

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 잘못, 간과, 재난

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ちょっとした間違い

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) غلط, خطأ‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮טעות, מחדל‬


 
 
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