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UK
/slˈɪpɐ/
]
[ US /ˈsɫɪpɝ/ ]
[ US /ˈsɫɪpɝ/ ]
NOUN
- low footwear that can be slipped on and off easily; usually worn indoors
- a person who slips or slides because of loss of traction
How To Use slipper In A Sentence
- Gwenhidwy likes to drink a lot, grain alcohol mostly, mixed in great strange mad-scientist concoctions with beef tea, grenadine, cough syrup, bitter belch-gathering infusions of blue scullcap, valerian root, motherwort and lady's-slipper, whatever's to hand really. Gravity's Rainbow
- And who knows how many Christians he is putting on a slippery slide of unbelief concerning the clear written Word of God?
- It is rather dim under the trees on an overcast, damp day, and hard to keep your foothold on the slippery bank. THE EARTH: An Intimate History
- He is like the showy orchis, or the lady's-slipper, or the shooting star among plants, -- a stranger to all but the few; and when an American poet says cuckoo, he must say it with such specifications as to leave no doubt what cuckoo he means, as Lowell does in his "Nightingale in the Study:" -- The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton
- He is as slippery as they come; a quality that has doubtless helped him to survive the controversies that have dogged his political career. Times, Sunday Times
- In this hour, a general talks strategy against a slippery enemy.
- Don't know what was wrong - the wind was swirly and the roads were in slippery condition, but the main problem was heavy legs.
- Though a bodyboard is slippery, hours of rubbing can cause rashes.
- They kissed her, one cheek each, and departed softly in their pink felt bedroom slippers.
- This factory is in the specialized production craft room the slipper factory!