slip of the tongue

Other forms: slips of the tongue

Definitions of slip of the tongue
  1. noun
    an accidental and usually trivial mistake in speaking
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    types:
    spoonerism
    transposition of initial consonants in a pair of words
    type of:
    misstatement
    a statement that contains a mistake
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