slipper
/ˈslɪpə(ɹ)/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.08 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A kind of brake or shoe for a wagon wheel.
noun
A piece, usually a plate, applied to a sliding piece, to receive wear and permit adjustment; a gib.
noun
A form of corporal punishment where the buttocks are repeatedly struck with a plimsoll; "the slipper".
Example Sentences
- "Get out of bed, put on your slippers, and come downstairs."
- "He is a frequent “slipper,” but doesn’t seem to have sufficient intelligence upon which to ever build permanent sobriety and happiness."
- "Virtually all human action is liable to opposing interpretations, depending mainly upon distance: to take the familiar case of the banana peel, the fall is painful to the slipper, hilarious to the spectator across the street."
- "Slipping on a banana peel does not mean big bucks for the “slipper” if the “slippee” has a good law firm representing it."
- "He was grey and had eight legs, and could travel anywhere and slip into any corner of 9 worlds. For this reason he was called Sleipnir ("the slipper) and was given to Oðinn as his steed."
- "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. ""
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈslɪpə(ɹ)/
- British English: /ˈslɪpə(ɹ)/
Usage
- Indian usage
- American usage
- Obsolete
- Australian usage
- New Zealand usage
- British usage
Inflected Forms
slippers (plural)
more slipper (comparative)
most slipper (superlative)
slippers (present, singular)
slippering (participle, present)
slippered (participle, past)
slippered (past)