What does "slipper" mean?
A low soft shoe that can be slipped on and off easily.
Slipper
/ˈslɪpəɹ/ adj, noun, verb
adj, noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A low soft shoe that can be slipped on and off easily.
- Grammar: slipper is listed as adj, noun, verb.
- Nearest alternatives: carpet slipper, greasy, house shoe, indoor shoe.
- Useful contrasts: barefoot, brogan, brogans.
- Usage evidence: Tom looked under the bed to see if the other slipper was there.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A low soft shoe that can be slipped on and off easily.
- 2 low footwear that can be slipped on and off easily; usually worn indoors wordnet
- 3 A low soft shoe intended for indoor use; a bedroom slipper or house slipper.
"Get out of bed, put on your slippers, and come downstairs."
- 4 a person who slips or slides because of loss of traction wordnet
- 5 A flip-flop (type of rubber sandal). Hawaii, India, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, US
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- 6 A person or creature that slips.
"He is a frequent “slipper,” but doesn’t seem to have sufficient intelligence upon which to ever build permanent sobriety and happiness."
- 7 A kind of apron or pinafore for children.
- 8 A kind of brake or shoe for a wagon wheel.
- 9 A piece, usually a plate, applied to a sliding piece, to receive wear and permit adjustment; a gib.
- 10 A form of corporal punishment where the buttocks are repeatedly struck with a plimsoll; "the slipper".
"1981, Andrew Loudon, Staffroom mole leaks secret of his school's beatings book, Daily Mail and General Trust, World Corporal Punishment Research "Mrs Marlene Foster […] , an opponent of the slipper, said her son Gary had a bottom "as red as a beetroot" after he was punished for writing on desks. ""
- 11 The plimsoll or gym shoe used in this form of punishment. euphemistic
""All teachers had what was referred to as a 'slipper', but in reality was a cut down gym shoe designed for smacking our bottoms.""
- 12 A kind of bedpan urinal shaped somewhat like a slipper.
Verb
- 1 To spank with a plimsoll as corporal punishment. Australia, New-Zealand, UK
"1981, Andrew Loudon, Staffroom mole leaks secret of his school's beatings book, Daily Mail and General Trust, World Corporal Punishment Research "One boy was slippered five times in four days for offences such as missing detention, fooling about and being out of bounds.""
Adjective
- 1 slippery obsolete
"O! trustless state of earthly things, and slipper hope / Of mortal men."
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
"Tom looked under the bed to see if the other slipper was there."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "slipper"?
Common synonyms include: carpet slipper, greasy, house shoe, indoor shoe, lady's slipper, loafer.
How do you use "slipper" in a sentence?
Tom looked under the bed to see if the other slipper was there.
How do you pronounce "slipper"?
Pronounced /ˈslɪpəɹ/.
Etymology
From Middle English slypper, equivalent to slip + -er.