SLIP OF THE TONGUE

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 I. (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)

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