Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

slip up

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.28 in modern English

Syllables: slip up
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To err, falter; to make a mistake, especially a seemingly small error.

verb

To lose ones footing; to slip.

Example Sentences

"I hope I don't slip up during my presentation."
"Somebody slipped up and forgot to put your name on the guest list."
"The good fortune of DPRK premier Kim Tok Hun provided the latest evidence that Kim Jong Un, a ruler who presides over a sprawling network of political prison camps, can be magnanimous toward officials who slip up."
"[…]when we witness someone caught up in their own self-importance slip up on a banana peel, we come to a more humble idea of who we are; comedy, in such a formulation, is on the side of human finitude."

Inflected Forms

slips up (present, singular) slipping up (participle, present) slipped up (participle, past) slipped up (past)

Derived Forms

slipup

Phrases

slip-up

Synonyms

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Questions

What does slip up mean?: To err, falter; to make a mistake, especially a seemingly small error.

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