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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 (Zoƶl.), a ciliated infusorian of the genus Paramecium.
– Slipper flower.(Bot.) Slipperwort.
– Slipper limpet, or Slipper shell (Zoƶl.), 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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