English Explanatory Dictionary

slips and capture

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A type of cognitive error whereby a person inadvertently performs one action while intending to do another.
  2. Particularly, the error by which a police officer bears a gun while intending to take out a Taser instead.

Word forms

slips and capture
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