Meaning

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

    Slipper, Pantoffel, Latschen

    тапочкаtápočka, тапкаtápka

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

  2. 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.

  3. (Hawaii, India, Kenya, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, US)A flip-flop (type of rubber sandal).

  4. A person or creature that slips.

    Schlidderer

    a person who slips or slides because of loss of traction

  5. A kind of apron or pinafore for children.

  6. A kind of brake or shoe for a wagon wheel.

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

    Hausschuh, Latschen, Pantoffel

    та́почкиtápočki, та́пкиtápki

    панто́фляpantóflja, ка́пціkápci

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

  9. (euphemistic)The plimsoll or gym shoe used in this form of punishment.

  10. A kind of bedpan urinal shaped somewhat like a slipper.

Examples

105 sentences
  1. Tom put on his slippers.

    Том взувся у капці. — deniko

    ruТом надел свои тапки. — LanguagesLover

    deTom zog seine Schlappen an. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. Tom put his slippers on.

    Том взувся у капці. — deniko

    ruТом надел свои тапки. — LanguagesLover

    deTom zog seine Schlappen an. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. Please use this pair of slippers.

  4. My slippers are under my bed.

    ruМои тапки у меня под кроватью. — LanguagesLover

  5. I noticed he was wearing my slippers.

    ruЯ заметил, что он был в моих тапках. — LanguagesLover

    deIch bemerkte, daß er meine Schlappen trug. — Waldelfe

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
low shoe usually worn indoors:
Русский
By meaning 2
low shoe slipped on and off easily:
low shoe usually worn indoors:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
low shoe slipped on and off easily:
person who slips:
low shoe usually worn indoors:

Origin

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

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

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