Slipper

Quick meaning: Slipper is a noun meaning (footwear) A low soft shoe that can be slipped on and off easily.

Meaning

(footwear) A low soft shoe that can be slipped on and off easily.

More Meanings

1. (footwear) A low soft shoe intended for indoor use; a bedroom slipper or house slipper.
2. (footwear, US, Hawaii, India, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Kenya) A flip-flop (type of rubber sandal).
3. A person or creature that slips.
4. A kind of apron or pinafore for children.
5. A kind of brake or shoe for a wagon wheel.
6. (engineering) A piece, usually a plate, applied to a sliding piece, to receive wear and permit adjustment; a gib.
7. A form of corporal punishment where the buttocks are repeatedly struck with a plimsoll; "the slipper".

Example Sentences

Get out of bed, put on your slippers, and come downstairs.

O! trustless state of earthly things, and slipper hope / Of mortal men.

Slipping on a banana peel does not mean big bucks for the “slipper” if the “slippee” has a good law firm representing it.

"All teachers had what was referred to as a 'slipper', but in reality was a cut down gym shoe designed for smacking our bottoms."

Word Forms

• slippers
• slippering
• slippered

Synonyms for slipper

Depending on context, synonyms include pantofle, flip-flop, sandal, thong.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include footwear, shoe, stocking, mule, slider, skid.

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