slippers

noun

1. 1

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

2. 2

   Such a shoe intended for indoor use; a bedroom or house slipper.

   “Get out of bed, put on your slippers, and come downstairs.”

3. 3

   A flip-flop (type of rubber sandal).

4. 4

   A person who slips.

5. 5

   A kind of apron or pinafore for children.

6. 6

   A kind of brake or shoe for a wagon wheel.

7. 7

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

8. 8

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

9. 9

   The plimsoll or gym shoe used in this form of punishment.