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Definition of Slip-up
1. Noun. A minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc..
Generic synonyms: Error, Fault, Mistake
Specialized synonyms: Freudian Slip
Derivative terms: Slip, Slip, Slip Up
Definition of Slip-up
1. Noun. (idiomatic) A mistake or error; a minor misstep. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slip-up
Literary usage of Slip-up
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"Slip up. To miscalculate ; to come to grief. 1854 Some men think the way is to
got as many wives as they can ; now they may slip up on that. ..."
2. A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story by Andrei Maylunas (2005)
"A total of initial 216 slip-up épisodes was reported, 44 of which resulted in a
resumption of abstinence and 172 which led to relapse. ..."
3. Hearings Before Subcommittee of House Committee on Appropriations ... in by United States Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations (1905)
"I think the man will slip up on it. He will go part of the way and find somebody
who knows something about the gin and ask him. ..."
4. The Freedom of the Fields by Charles Conrad Abbott (1898)
"Before I could find anything to say, he continued, " I drifted back to these
parts, and there's just one thing I want to do 'fore I slip up " " Slip up ? ..."
5. The Editor's Run in New Mexico and Colorado: Embracing Twenty-eight Letters by Charles Monroe Chase (1882)
"We left the house at half-past nine, and made out to "slip up" to the top of that
hill in just three hours. We took rests, of course, because it was simply ..."
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