slipper

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Synonyms: skipper, slipped, shipper, slapper, clipper, flipper, plipper, sipper, snipper, swipper, lipper

Antonyms: skipper, slipped, shipper, slapper, clipper, flipper, plipper, sipper, snipper, swipper, lipper

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|footwear}} A low soft shoe that can be slipped on and off easily.
2. {{senseid|en|Q876824}}{{lb|en|footwear}} A low soft shoe intended for indoor use; a [[bedroom]] slipper or [[house slipper]].
3. {{lb|en|footwear|US|Hawaii|India|Philippines|Malaysia|Singapore|Kenya}} A [[flip-flop]] (type of rubber sandal).
4. A person or creature that slips.
5. A kind of [[apron]] or [[pinafore]] for children.
6. A kind of [[brake]] or [[shoe]] for a [[wagon]] [[wheel]].
7. {{lb|en|engineering}} A piece, usually a [[plate]], applied to a sliding piece, to receive [[wear]] and permit [[adjustment]]; a [[gib]].
8. A form of [[corporal punishment]] where the buttocks are repeatedly struck with a [[plimsoll]]; "the slipper".
9. {{lb|en|euphemism}} The [[plimsoll]] or gym shoe used in this form of punishment.
10. {{lb|en|medicine}} A kind of [[bedpan]] [[urinal]] shaped somewhat like a slipper.

Adjective

1. {{lb|en|obsolete}} [[slippery]]

Verb

1. {{lb|en|UK|Australia|NZ}} To [[spank]] with a [[plimsoll]] as [[corporal punishment]].

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