SLIPPER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does slipper mean? 

• SLIPPER (noun)
  The noun SLIPPER has 2 senses:

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

2. a person who slips or slides because of loss of traction

  Familiarity information: SLIPPER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SLIPPER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

carpet slipper; slipper

Hypernyms ("slipper" is a kind of...):

footgear; footwear (covering for a person's feet)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "slipper"):

bootee; bootie (a slipper that is soft and wool (for babies))

mule; scuff (a slipper that has no fitting around the heel)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A person who slips or slides because of loss of traction

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

skidder; slider; slipper

Hypernyms ("slipper" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "slipper"):

snowboarder (someone who slides down snow-covered slopes while standing on a snowboard)

 Context examples 

I will just put on my slippers before we settle this little matter of yours.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

'I have had many pairs of slippers in my life, but I never had any that suited me so well as yours,' continues Jo.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

“Your slippers are new,” he said.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The eldest went first into the room where the slipper was, and wanted to try it on, and the mother stood by.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

“Oh, DON'T, Tom!” cried Sophy, who was warming his slippers before the fire.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

The man ran off, and within a few minutes the Professor, in his dressing gown and slippers, appeared.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

The diagrams, the violin-case, and the pipe-rack—even the Persian slipper which contained the tobacco—all met my eyes as I glanced round me.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

My slippers were thin: I could walk the matted floor as softly as a cat.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

She was patching a pair of his trousers, while his lean body was distributed over two chairs, his feet dangling in dilapidated carpet-slippers over the edge of the second chair.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Mother, I'm going to work Mr. Laurence a pair of slippers.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)