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slipper
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As a noun, slipper means a low soft shoe that can be slipped on and off easily. As a verb, it means spank with a plimsoll as corporal punishment.
Meanings of slipper
14 meaningsnoun
A low soft shoe that can be slipped on and off easily.
Such a shoe intended for indoor use; a bedroom or house slipper.
“Get out of bed, put on your slippers, and come downstairs.”
USHawaiiPhilippinesSingaporeA flip-flop (type of rubber sandal).
A person who slips.
A kind of apron or pinafore for children.
A kind of brake or shoe for a wagon wheel.
engineeringA 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".
euphemismThe plimsoll or gym shoe used in this form of punishment.
medicineA kind of bedpan urinal shaped somewhat like a slipper.
Low footwear that can be slipped on and off easily; usually worn indoors
Similar: carpet slipper
adjective
obsoleteSlippery
verb
UKAustralianzTo spank with a plimsoll as corporal punishment.
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).