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slip-ups

slip-ups is the plural of slip-up.

Meaning of slip-up

Noun

slip-up (plural slip-ups)

  1. (idiomatic) A (small) error or mistake; a (minor) misstep.
    • I think she will forgive an accidental slip-up, so don’t worry too much about misspeaking.

Questions about slip-ups

What is slip-ups the plural of?
Slip-ups is the plural of slip-up.

Words near slip-ups in the dictionary

  1. slip-halter
  2. slip-halters
  3. slip-on
  4. slip-ons
  5. slip-up
  6. slip-ups
  7. slipage
  8. slipboard
  9. slipboards
  10. slipcase
  11. slipcased

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Adapted from Wiktionary: slip-ups (page history and authors); slip-up (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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