Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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tab | Yes | No | No | No |
slip | Yes | No | Yes | No |
tab (noun) | slip (noun) |
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a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet | a flight maneuver; aircraft slides sideways in the air |
a short strip of material attached to or projecting from something in order to facilitate opening or identifying or handling it | a socially awkward or tactless act |
the key on a typewriter or a word processor that causes a tabulation | the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning) |
the bill in a restaurant | an unexpected slide |
sensationalist journalism | a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc. |
a woman's sleeveless undergarment | |
bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow | |
artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material | |
a small sheet of paper | |
a slippery smoothness | |
an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall | |
a place where a craft can be made fast | |
a young and slender person | |
a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting | |
potter's clay that is thinned and used for coating or decorating ceramics |
tab (verb) | slip (verb) |
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fall to a lower standard | |
move out of position | |
insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly | |
to make a mistake or be incorrect | |
pass out of one's memory | |
move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner | |
move stealthily | |
move easily | |
move smoothly and easily | |
cause to move with a smooth or sliding motion | |
pass on stealthily |