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slipper

noun

  1. light footwear made for indoor wear, generally without means of fastening
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈslɪpə(ɹ)/ / /ˈslɪpəɹ/ / [ˈslɪpɚ]

adj

Etymology: From Middle English slypper, equivalent to slip + -er.

  1. slippery

    “O! trustless state of earthly things, and slipper hope / Of mortal men.”

noun

Etymology: From Middle English slypper, equivalent to slip + -er.

  1. A low soft shoe that can be slipped on and off easily.
  2. 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.”

  3. A flip-flop (type of rubber sandal).
  4. 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.”

    “Virtually all human action is liable to opposing interpretations, depending mainly upon distance: to take the familiar case of the banana peel, the fall is painful to the slipper, hilarious to the spectator across the street.”

  5. A kind of apron or pinafore for children.
  6. A kind of brake or shoe for a wagon wheel.
  7. A piece, usually a plate, applied to a sliding piece, to receive wear and permit adjustment; a gib.
  8. 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. "”

  9. The plimsoll or gym shoe used in this form of punishment.

    “"All teachers had what was referred to as a 'slipper', but in reality was a cut down gym shoe designed for smacking our bottoms."”

  10. A kind of bedpan urinal shaped somewhat like a slipper.

verb

Etymology: From Middle English slypper, equivalent to slip + -er.

  1. To spank with a plimsoll as corporal punishment.

    “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."”