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slipper

adj · noun · verb · 14 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Australian, UK: /ˈslɪpə(ɹ)/
  • Queensland Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Canada, General-American: /ˈslɪpəɹ/
  • Canada, General-American: [ˈslɪpɚ]
  • Canada: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɪpə(ɹ)
  • CMU ARPABET: S L IH1 P ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

slippery

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A low soft shoe that can be slipped on and off easily.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: footwear

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pantofle

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A low soft shoe intended for indoor use; a bedroom slipper or house slipper.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: footwear

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A flip-flop (type of rubber sandal).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Hawaii, India, Kenya, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, US

Qualifier: footwear

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: flip-flop, sandal, thong

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A person or creature that slips.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A kind of apron or pinafore for children.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

A kind of brake or shoe for a wagon wheel.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

A piece, usually a plate, applied to a sliding piece, to receive wear and permit adjustment; a gib.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

A form of corporal punishment where the buttocks are repeatedly struck with a plimsoll; "the slipper".

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1981, Andrew Loudon, Staffroom mole leaks secret of his school's beatings book, Daily Mail and General Trust, World Corporal Punishment Research "Mrs Marlene Foster [...] , an opponent of the slipper, said her son Gary had a bottom "as red as a beetroot" after he was punished for writing on desks. "

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

The plimsoll or gym shoe used in this form of punishment.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: euphemistic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

A kind of bedpan urinal shaped somewhat like a slipper.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

verb

Meaning 12

To spank with a plimsoll as corporal punishment.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia, New-Zealand, UK

Examples

  • 1981, Andrew Loudon, Staffroom mole leaks secret of his school's beatings book, Daily Mail and General Trust, World Corporal Punishment Research "One boy was slippered five times in four days for offences such as missing detention, fooling about and being out of bounds."

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

noun

Meaning 13

low footwear that can be slipped on and off easily; usually worn indoors

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: carpet slipper

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: footwear, footgear

Narrower terms: bootee, bootie, mule, scuff

14

noun

Meaning 14

a person who slips or slides because of loss of traction

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: skidder, slider

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul

Narrower terms: snowboarder

History

Etymology

From Middle English slypper, equivalent to slip + -er.

Across languages

Translations

204 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: خُفّ (ḵuff) — low shoe slipped on and off easily
  • Arabic: نَعْل (naʕl) — low shoe slipped on and off easily
  • Arabic: بَابُوج (bābūj) — low shoe slipped on and off easily
  • Arabic: شبشب (šebšeb) — low shoe slipped on and off easily
  • Arabic: مشاية (maššāya) — low shoe slipped on and off easily
  • Asturian: gabucha — low shoe slipped on and off easily
  • Asturian: zapatiella — low shoe slipped on and off easily
  • Azerbaijani: papış — low shoe slipped on and off easily
  • Azerbaijani: papuc — low shoe slipped on and off easily
  • Central Bikol: tsinelas — low shoe slipped on and off easily
  • Bulgarian: че́хли (čéhli) — low shoe slipped on and off easily
  • Catalan: plantofa — low shoe slipped on and off easily
  • Catalan: sabatilla — low shoe slipped on and off easily
  • Danish: tøffel — low shoe slipped on and off easily
  • Esperanto: pantoflo — low shoe slipped on and off easily
  • Estonian: suss — low shoe slipped on and off easily
  • Estonian: tuhvel — low shoe slipped on and off easily
  • Finnish: tohveli — low shoe slipped on and off easily
  • Finnish: sandaali — low shoe slipped on and off easily
  • German: Slipper — low shoe slipped on and off easily
  • German: Pantoffel — low shoe slipped on and off easily
  • German: Latschen — low shoe slipped on and off easily
  • Greek: παντόφλα (pantófla) — low shoe slipped on and off easily
  • Ancient Greek: ἐμβάς (embás) — low shoe slipped on and off easily
  • Ancient Greek: βλαύτη (blaútē) — low shoe slipped on and off easily
  • Hindi: मोजड़ी (mojṛī) — low shoe slipped on and off easily
  • Italian: ciabatta — low shoe slipped on and off easily
  • Karelian: töppöni — low shoe slipped on and off easily
  • Latin: ūdō — low shoe slipped on and off easily
  • Latin: soccus — low shoe slipped on and off easily
  • Macedonian: папуча (papuča) — low shoe slipped on and off easily
  • Macedonian: влечка (vlečka) — low shoe slipped on and off easily
  • Malay: selipar — low shoe slipped on and off easily
  • Brunei Malay: selipar — low shoe slipped on and off easily
  • Māori: hiripa — low shoe slipped on and off easily
  • Navajo: bee ńjígeedí — low shoe slipped on and off easily
  • Navajo: bee ńjídǫ́ǫ́zí — low shoe slipped on and off easily
  • Old English: slīepesċōh — low shoe slipped on and off easily
  • Plautdietsch: Schlorr — low shoe slipped on and off easily
  • Polish: pantofel — low shoe slipped on and off easily
  • Polish: laczek — low shoe slipped on and off easily
  • Portuguese: pantufa — low shoe slipped on and off easily
  • Russian: тапочка (tápočka) — low shoe slipped on and off easily
  • Russian: тапка (tápka) — low shoe slipped on and off easily
  • Serbo-Croatian: натикача — low shoe slipped on and off easily
  • Serbo-Croatian: па̀пуча — low shoe slipped on and off easily
  • Serbo-Croatian: патофна — low shoe slipped on and off easily
  • Serbo-Croatian: natikača — low shoe slipped on and off easily
  • Serbo-Croatian: pàpuča — low shoe slipped on and off easily
  • Serbo-Croatian: patofna — low shoe slipped on and off easily
  • Sicilian: savatta — low shoe slipped on and off easily
  • Sicilian: pantòfula — low shoe slipped on and off easily
  • Spanish: zapatilla — low shoe slipped on and off easily
  • Spanish: pantufla — low shoe slipped on and off easily
  • Swedish: toffel — low shoe slipped on and off easily
  • Tagalog: tsinelas — low shoe slipped on and off easily
  • Tagalog: bakya — low shoe slipped on and off easily
  • Tamil: செருப்பு (ceruppu) — low shoe slipped on and off easily
  • Tausug: sinilas — low shoe slipped on and off easily
  • Ottoman Turkish: باشمق (başmak) — low shoe slipped on and off easily
  • Walloon: pantoufe — low shoe slipped on and off easily
  • Waray-Waray: si-pit — low shoe slipped on and off easily
  • Welsh: sliper — low shoe slipped on and off easily
  • Arabic: خُفّ (ḵuff) — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Arabic: شبشب (šebšeb) — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Arabic: بانتوفلي (bantofli) — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Armenian: հողաթափ (hoġatʻapʻ) — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Asturian: gabucha — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Asturian: zapatiella — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Azerbaijani: çəkələk — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Belarusian: та́пачкі (tápački) — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Belarusian: та́пкі (tápki) — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Belarusian: панто́флі (pantófli) — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Central Bikol: tsinelas — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Bulgarian: че́хли (čéhli) — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Bulgarian: панто́фи (pantófi) — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Burmese: ကွင်းထိုးဖိနပ် (kwang:htui:hpi.nap) — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Catalan: plantofa — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Catalan: sabatilla — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Chinese Cantonese: 拖鞋 — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Chinese Mandarin: 拖鞋 (tuōxié) — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Czech: pantofel — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Czech: trepka — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Czech: papuče — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Czech: pantofle — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Czech: bačkora — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Danish: tøffel — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Danish: hjemmesko — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Dutch: pantoffel — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Dutch: slof — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Esperanto: pantoflo — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Esperanto: babuŝo — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Estonian: suss — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Estonian: tuhvel — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Finnish: tohveli — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Finnish: tossu — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • French: chausson — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • French: pantoufle — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Friulian: çavate — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Galician: zapatilla — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Georgian: ჩუსტი (čusṭi) — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • German: Hausschuh — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • German: Latschen — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • German: Pantoffel — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • German: Patschen — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • German: Puschen — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • German: Schlapfen — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • German: Schlappen — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • German: Schluffen — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Greek: παντόφλα (pantófla) — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Hebrew: נַעַל בַּיִת (ná'al báyit) — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Hindi: चप्पल (cappal) — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Hungarian: papucs — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Hungarian: mamusz — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Icelandic: inniskór — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Ido: pantoflo — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Ido: babucho — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Italian: pantofola — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Italian: ciabatta — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Italian: babbuccia — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Japanese: スリッパ (surippa) — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Khmer: ស្បែកជើងផ្ទាត់ (sbaek cəəng phtŏət) — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Korean: 슬리퍼 (seullipeo) — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Ladino: charuka — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Ladino: pantufla — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Ladino: patukla (Izmir) — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Latvian: čība — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Lithuanian: šlepetė — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Low German: Pantüffel — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Low German: Tüffel — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Macedonian: папуча (papuča) — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Macedonian: влечка (vlečka) — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Maltese: papoċċa — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Maltese: slipper — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Māori: hiripa — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Mongolian: гэрийн шаахай (geriin šaaxaj) — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Mongolian: тапочки (tapočki) — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Mongolian: чирүүл шаахай (čirüül šaaxaj) — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Mongolian: ᠭᠡᠷ ᠦᠨ ᠱᠠᠬᠠᠢ (ger-ün šaqai) — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Mongolian: ᠴᠢᠷᠦᠭᠦᠯ ᠱᠠᠬᠠᠢ (čirügül šaqai) — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Neapolitan: chianiello — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Norman: pantoufl'ye — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Norman: chapîn — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Norman: patîn — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Norman: scarpîn — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tøffel — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tøffel — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Old English: slīepesċōh — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Iranian Persian: دَمْپایی (dampâyi) — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Iranian Persian: پاپوش (pâpuš) — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Polish: kapeć — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Polish: klapek — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Polish: laczek — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Portuguese: chinelo — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Portuguese: chinelas — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Portuguese: pantufa — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Romanian: papuc — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Romanian: cipic — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Russian: та́почки (tápočki) — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Russian: та́пки (tápki) — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Scots: baffie — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Scottish Gaelic: slapag — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Scottish Gaelic: bròg-sheòmair — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Serbo-Croatian: натикача — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Serbo-Croatian: патофна — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Serbo-Croatian: natikača — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Serbo-Croatian: patofna — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Slovak: pantofel — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Slovene: copat — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Spanish: pantufla — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Spanish: zapatilla — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Spanish: babucha — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Spanish: zapatilla de estar por casa — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Swedish: toffel — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Tagalog: tsinelas — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Tamil: செருப்பு (ceruppu) — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Thai: สลิปเปอร์ (sà-líp-bpə̂ə) — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Thai: เกือกแตะ (gʉ̀ʉak-dtɛ̀) — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Turkish: terlik — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Turkish: pabuç — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Ottoman Turkish: باشمق (başmak) — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Ukrainian: панто́фля (pantóflja) — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Ukrainian: ка́пці (kápci) — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Urdu: چَپَّل (cappal) — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Uzbek: shippak — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Uzbek: tapochka — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Venetan: ẑavata — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Venetan: savata — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Venetan: sopèla — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Venetan: ẑopèla — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Vietnamese: dép lê — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Vietnamese: giày hạ — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Volapük: pantuf — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Walloon: pantoufe — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Welsh: sliper — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • West Flemish: savatte — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • West Flemish: sluffer — low shoe usually worn indoors
  • Dutch: slipper — person who slips
  • Dutch: slipster — person who slips
  • Dutch: schuiver — person who slips
  • Dutch: schuifster — person who slips
  • Finnish: liukastuja — person who slips
  • Finnish: lankeaja — person who slips
  • German: Schlidderer — person who slips
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