Usually means: Unintentional error in spoken words.
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  1. slip of the tongue: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. slip of the tongue: Vocabulary.com
  3. slip of the tongue: Wordnik
  4. slip of the tongue: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. slip of the tongue: Wiktionary
  6. slip of the tongue: Dictionary.com
  7. Slip Of The Tongue, Slip of the Tongue (album), Slip of the Tongue, Slip of the tongue: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. slip of the tongue: Rhymezone
  9. slip of the tongue: FreeDictionary.org
  10. slip of the tongue: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. slip of the tongue: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. slip of the tongue: Legal dictionary

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  1. slip of the tongue: Encyclopedia

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  1. slip of the tongue: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (slip of the tongue)

▸ noun:  (idiomatic) A mistake in speech.

Similar:
slip-up, slip, slipup, lapsus linguae, slip of the pen, outslip, missaying, typographical error, lapsus, Freudian slip, more...

Opposite:
deliberate, intentional, premeditated, calculated, planned

Types:
spoonerism, malapropism, eggcorn, mondegreen, more...

Phrases:
a slip of the tongue, more...

Adjectives:
trip, flat out, beaten, cruel, wax, switch, idle, sneak, beef, beat-up, missing

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Similar:
slip-up, slip, slipup, lapsus linguae, slip of the pen, outslip, missaying, typographical error, lapsus, Freudian slip, more...

Opposite:
deliberate, intentional, premeditated, calculated, planned

Types:
spoonerism, malapropism, eggcorn, mondegreen, more...

Phrases:
a slip of the tongue, more...

Adjectives:
trip, flat out, beaten, cruel, wax, switch, idle, sneak, beef, beat-up, missing



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