noun Download 🔗Share A low soft shoe that can be slipped on and off easily. Examples : "After a long day at work, I like to change into my comfortable slippers. " wear style item Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Such a shoe intended for indoor use; a bedroom or house slipper. Examples : "Get out of bed, put on your slippers, and come downstairs." wear item Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A flip-flop (type of rubber sandal). Examples : "Many people wear a slipper to the beach because it's easy to slip on and off. " wear style item Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A person who slips. Examples : "After a few clumsy mistakes, the new busboy earned the nickname "Slipper" from his coworkers. " person action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A kind of apron or pinafore for children. Examples : "My daughter wore her slipper while painting to keep her dress clean. " wear item Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A kind of brake or shoe for a wagon wheel. Examples : "The teamster carried several slippers to use on the wagon wheels when descending the steep mountain pass, preventing the wagon from rolling too quickly. " vehicle machine part Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A piece, usually a plate, applied to a sliding piece, to receive wear and permit adjustment; a gib. Examples : "The carpenter used a wood slipper to adjust the sliding door, reducing friction and making it easier to open. " machine technical part Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A form of corporal punishment where the buttocks are repeatedly struck with a plimsoll; "the slipper". Examples : "The teacher's use of the slipper as punishment was met with outrage from the parents. " body action family human society Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The plimsoll or gym shoe used in this form of punishment. Examples : "The students wore slippers during their detention. " item education Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To spank with a plimsoll as corporal punishment. Examples : "The teacher slippered the misbehaving student. " action human society law Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Slippery Examples : "O! trustless state of earthly things, and slipper hope / Of mortal men. — Spenser." quality condition Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading