Slip of the tongue
11slip of the tongue — If you say something accidentally, it is a slip of the tongue. (Dorking School Dictionary) *** A slip of the tongue is a small spoken error or mistake. Did I say blow down ? Sorry, I meant slow down . that was a slip of the tongue! …
12slip of the tongue — noun an accidental and usually trivial mistake in speaking • Hypernyms: ↑misstatement • Hyponyms: ↑spoonerism * * * slip of the tongue ● slip …
13slip of the tongue — say the wrong thing at the wrong time His insult to the customer was a major slip of the tongue …
14slip of the tongue — noun A mistake in speech. It was an unfortunate slip of the tongue, and he did not intend it that way. Syn: lapsus linguae …
15slip of the tongue — See a slip of the tongue …
16slip of the tongue — ► slip of the pen (or the tongue) a minor mistake in writing (or speech). Main Entry: ↑slip …
17slip of the tongue — Synonyms and related words: balk, bevue, false move, false step, inadvertence, inadvertency, lapse, lapsus calami, lapsus linguae, loose thread, miscue, misstep, omission, oversight, slip, slipup, stumble, trip, wrong step …
18slip of the tongue — Language different from that which the person who uttered the words intended to say …
19a slip of the tongue — something that is said by mistake a careless slip of the tongue • • • Main Entry: ↑slip a slip of the tongue see ↑slip, 2 • • • Main Entry: ↑ …
20(a) slip of the tongue — a slip of the tongue phrase something that you say when you intended to say something else Thesaurus: mistakessynonym Main entry: slip * * * a slip of the ˈpen/ˈtongue idiom a small mistake in sth tha …