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slipper

The correct spelling is slipper.

How to pronounce slipper

noun

Say it like: Sli-ppe-r

The correct spelling is slipper. A low soft shoe that can be slipped on and off easily. For example: "Get out of bed, put on your slippers, and come downstairs."

Usage Examples

Get out of bed, put on your slippers, and come downstairs.

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

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A low soft shoe that can be slipped on and off easily.
  2. 2.Such a shoe intended for indoor use; a bedroom or house slipper.
  3. 3.A flip-flop (type of rubber sandal).
  4. 4.A person who slips.
  5. 5.A kind of apron or pinafore for children.

verb

  1. 1.To spank with a plimsoll as corporal punishment.

adjective

  1. 1.Slippery

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