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slipper
1[ slip-er ]
noun
- any light, low-cut shoe into which the foot may be easily slipped, slip, for casual wear in the home, for dancing, etc. Compare bedroom slipper, house slipper.
verb (used with object)
- to strike or beat with a slipper.
slipper
2[ slip-er ]
adjective
slipper
/ ˈslɪpə /
noun
- a light shoe of some soft material, for wearing around the house
- a woman's evening or dancing shoe
- informal.cricket a fielder in the slip position
verb
- informal.tr to hit or beat with a slipper
Derived Forms
- ˈslippered, adjective
- ˈslipper-ˌlike, adjective
Other Words From
- slipper·like adjective
- un·slippered adjective
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
First, we can wear shoes — especially when carrying or moving something — or slippers.
Tasha Zemke, copy editor Every winter I treat myself to a new pair of slippers.
Their versatile build “sits at the intersection between a runner, a travel slipper, a water shoe, and a low-cut hiking boot,” he wrote.
Ariella Gintzler, associate editorI’ve been looking for some quality slippers since March, and I’m happy to say I’ve finally found them.
The leather slippers are intended for all-day wear, year-round.
“The prince is not going to come along with a glass slipper,” Thomas says.
Displayed in a main hall lined with transparent cases, each is like a glass slipper menagerie.
Three types of footwear -- including a brogue, a plimsoll, and an evening slipper -- established the basis for Katrantzou's theme.
As if Cinderella showed up at the ball with a little pumpkin schmutz on her glass slipper to wreck the fantasy.
Snooki, meanwhile, has added a new line of platform flip-flops to her slipper line.
Her foot, thrust into a heel-less Tunisian slipper of blue velvet embroidered with seed pearls, beat the floor impatiently.
Wilder flung a slipper across the room that missed Tootles head and clattered among the paint-brushes.
She went to the trunk and shut it with a bang, placing a red-heeled slipper on it, with a neat flash of blue-silk ankle above.
We all laughed, but I took the slipper and beat him with it, while Peter appeared on the verge of tears.
Peter resentfully deposited the pup on the porch, and took my slipper back upstairs.
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