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clammy, mushy, US squushy or squooshy, Colloq gooey, gunky, US
gloppy: He had cleverly buried the bag of diamonds in a mass of
slimy waste where no one would want to look. 2 slippery,
unctuous, obsequious, sycophantic, toadying, servile, creeping,
grovelling, abject, Colloq smarmy: I don't mind his trying to
sell me insurance, but why does he have to be so slimy about it?
sling v. 1 toss, throw, cast, propel, hurl, shy, fling, fire, shoot,
pitch, let fly, launch, heave, lob, Colloq chuck: He slung his
briefcase onto the desk and flopped into a chair.
--n. 2 slingshot, catapult, trebuchet or trebucket: It is said
that David slew Goliath with a stone from his sling. 3 support,
strap, band; belt: The doctor ordered him to keep his sprained
arm in a sling for a few days. The military rifles are supplied
with leather slings.
slink v. sneak, creep, steal, prowl, skulk: The dog slunk out of the
room with its tail between its legs.
slip° v. 1 slide, skid, glide, slither: Waxing the runners helps the
sleigh slip along more easily. 2 stumble, lose one's footing or
balance, miss one's footing, trip; fall, tumble: Mother slipped
on the ice but luckily didn't fall down. 3 Often, slip up. err,
blunder, make a mistake, miscalculate, go wrong, botch (up),
Slang screw up: He slipped up again by failing to give you your
telephone messages. 4 let slip. reveal, divulge, blurt out,
leak, let out, disclose, expose, Colloq come out with, blab: He
accidentally let slip the news that you were back in town. 5
slip away or by. pass, elapse, vanish, go by: The hours just
slipped away when I was with Irena. 6 slip away or off or out.
escape, disappear, leave, vanish, steal, go or run away or off
or out, break away, get away, give (someone) the slip; sneak
away or off or out: After the speech, he slipped away before we
could interview him. 7 slip in. enter, get in, sneak in; put
in: A field mouse slipped in past the wire netting. I managed
to slip in my suggestion before the meeting was adjourned.
--n. 8 blunder, error, mistake, fault, oversight, slip of the
tongue or pen, inadvertence, indiscretion, impropriety,
transgression, peccadillo, faux pas, Colloq slip-up, Chiefly US
blooper, Slang Brit boob, bloomer: She made so many slips in
the letter that she had to retype it.