Sekirov Dictionary

slipper

UK /ˈslɪpə(ɹ)/US /ˈslɪpəɹ/

noun 10
adjective 1
verb 1
forms 5

noun10

A low soft shoe that can be slipped on and off easily.
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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.
(US, India) A flip-flop (type of rubber sandal).
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A form of corporal punishment where the buttocks are repeatedly struck with a plimsoll; "the slipper".
- "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. " — 1981
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(euphemistic) 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." — 2004
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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. — 1955
A piece, usually a plate, applied to a sliding piece, to receive wear and permit adjustment; a gib.
A kind of brake or shoe for a wagon wheel.
A kind of bedpan urinal shaped somewhat like a slipper.
A kind of apron or pinafore for children.

adjective1

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(no longer used) slippery
- O! trustless state of earthly things, and slipper hope / Of mortal men. — 1579

verb1

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(UK, Australia) To spank with a plimsoll as corporal punishment.
- "One boy was slippered five times in four days for offences such as missing detention, fooling about and being out of bounds." — 1981

forms

slippered · slippering · slippers · more slipper · most slipper

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