slipper foot
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slipper foot — noun : snake foot * * * Furniture. an elongated pad foot … Useful english dictionary
slipper — (n.) type of footwear, late 15c., agent noun from SLIP (Cf. slip) (v.), the notion being of a shoe that is slipped onto the foot … Etymology dictionary
slipper — [slip′ər] n. a light, low shoe easily slipped on the foot, esp. one for indoor wear slippered adj … English World dictionary
Slipper — A slipper, also called a houseshoe, is a soft and lightweight indoor type of casual footwear.Domestic Footwear CustomsThe word is recorded in English in 1478, deriving from the much older verb to slip, the notion being of footwear that is slipped … Wikipedia
slipper plant — noun any of several tropical American shrubby succulent plants resembling cacti but having foot shaped bracts • Syn: ↑slipper spurge • Hypernyms: ↑shrub, ↑bush • Hyponyms: ↑candelilla, ↑Pedilanthus bracteatus, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
slipper — slipper1 slipperlike, adj. /slip euhr/, n. 1. any light, low cut shoe into which the foot may be easily slipped, for casual wear in the home, for dancing, etc. Cf. bedroom slipper, house slipper. v.t. 2. to strike or beat with a slipper. [1470… … Universalium
slipper — /ˈslɪpə / (say slipuh) noun 1. a light shoe into which the foot may be easily slipped for indoor wear. 2. any similar shoe, as a woman s shoe for dancing. 3. SE Asian English Colloquial a cheap informal shoe, such as a sandal, often made of… …
foot warmer — noun 1. : a contrivance to keep the feet warm 2. : a warm covering (as a lined slipper) for the foot * * * any of various devices, as a small stove, for keeping one s feet warm. [1805 15] * * * foot warmer, any device, such as a foot stove, for… … Useful english dictionary
slipper — Shoe Shoe (sh[=oo]), n.; pl. {Shoes} (sh[=oo]z), formerly {Shoon} (sh[=oo]n), now provincial. [OE. sho, scho, AS. sc[=o]h, sce[ o]h; akin to OFries. sk[=o], OS. sk[=o]h, D. schoe, schoen, G. schuh, OHG. scuoh, Icel. sk[=o]r, Dan. & Sw. sko, Goth … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
slipper — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English slipor; akin to Middle Low German slipper slippery, slippen to slip Date: before 12th century chiefly dialect slippery II. noun Etymology: Middle English, from slippen to slip Date: 15th… … New Collegiate Dictionary
