slipper

Meanings

Plural: slippers

Noun

• low footwear that can be slipped on and off easily; usually worn indoors
• a person who slips or slides because of loss of traction
• A low soft shoe that can be slipped on and off easily.
• Such a shoe intended for indoor use; a bedroom or house slipper.
• A flip-flop (type of rubber sandal).
• A person or creature that slips.
• A kind of apron or pinafore for children.
• A kind of brake or shoe for a wagon wheel.
• 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".
• The plimsoll or gym shoe used in this form of punishment.
• A kind of bedpan urinal shaped somewhat like a slipper.

Adj

• slippery

Verb

• To spank with a plimsoll as corporal punishment.

Synonyms

babouche, carpet slipper, flip-flop, pantofle, sandal, skidder, slider, thong

Anagrams of slipper