SLIP OF THE TONGUE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does slip of the tongue mean? 

• SLIP OF THE TONGUE (noun)
  The noun SLIP OF THE TONGUE has 1 sense:

1. an accidental and usually trivial mistake in speaking

  Familiarity information: SLIP OF THE TONGUE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SLIP OF THE TONGUE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An accidental and usually trivial mistake in speaking

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("slip of the tongue" is a kind of...):

misstatement (a statement that contains a mistake)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "slip of the tongue"):

spoonerism (transposition of initial consonants in a pair of words)

 Context examples 

"Shall I tell my friend you will take another if she has one better than this?" asked Jo, unconscious of her little slip of the tongue, and emboldened by her success.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)