SLIPPER

slipper, carpet slipper

(noun) low footwear that can be slipped on and off easily; usually worn indoors

skidder, slider, slipper

(noun) a person who slips or slides because of loss of traction

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

slipper (plural slippers)

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

Synonyms: babouche, pantofle

Such a shoe intended for indoor use; a bedroom or house slipper.

(US, Hawaii) A flip-flop (type of rubber sandal).

Synonyms: flip-flop, sandal, thong

A person who slips.

A kind of apron or pinafore for children.

A kind of brake or shoe for a wagon wheel.

(engineering) A piece, usually a plate, applied to a sliding piece, to receive wear and permit adjustment; a gib.

A form of corporal punishment where the buttocks are repeatedly struck with a plimsoll; "the slipper".

(euphemism) The plimsoll or gym shoe used in this form of punishment.

Adjective

slipper (comparative more slipper, superlative most slipper)

(obsolete) slippery

Verb

slipper (third-person singular simple present slippers, present participle slippering, simple past and past participle slippered)

(UK, Australia, NZ) To spank with a plimsoll as corporal punishment.

Anagrams

• Rippels, Ripples, ripples

Source: Wiktionary


Slip"per, n.

1. One who, or that which, slips.

2. A kind of light shoe, which may be slipped on with ease, and worn in undress; a slipshoe.

3. A kind of apron or pinafore for children.

4. A kind of brake or shoe for a wagon wheel.

5. (Mach.)

Definition: A piece, usually a plate, applied to a sliding piece, to receive wear and afford a means of adjustment; -- also called shoe, and gib. Slipper animalcule (Zoöl.), a ciliated infusorian of the genus Paramecium.

– Slipper flower.(Bot.) Slipperwort.

– Slipper limpet, or Slipper shell (Zoöl.), a boat shell.

Slip"per, a. Etym: [AS. slipur.]

Definition: Slippery. [Obs.] O! trustless state of earthly things, and slipper hope Of mortal men. Spenser.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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28 November 2024

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(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)


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