slipper
A low soft shoe that can be slipped on and off easily.
Other meanings
A low soft shoe intended for indoor use; a bedroom slipper or house slipper.
“Get out of bed, put on your slippers, and come downstairs.”
A person or creature that slips.
Synonyms
- carpet slipper
Kinds of slipper
- mule
Word history
From Middle English "slypper".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “slipper” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.