slipper

Definitions

• A low soft shoe that can be slipped on and off easily.
• Such a shoe intended for indoor use; a bedroom or house slipper.
• (US) A 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.
• (engineering) A 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".
• (euphemism) The plimsoll or gym shoe used in this form of punishment.