Complete Definition of "slip of the tongue"

English

Noun
en-noun|slips of the tongue|sg=slip of the tongue

  1. idiom A mistake in speech.

#:It was an unfortunate slip of the tongue, and he did not intend it that way.

Translations

French: lapsus m
German: Flüchtigkeitsfehler m, Versprecher m
Icelandic: mismæli n
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Russian: огово�ка
Spanish: Meter la pata
Telugu: న�ర��ార� (nOrujaaru)

Synonyms
lapsus linguae

See also
Freudian slip

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