Used in a Sentence

slippers

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for slippers.

Editorial note

How many people come home from work today and put on slippers and a sweater.

Examples17
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A person or creature that slips.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of slippers gathered in one view.

noun

A person or creature that slips.

noun

A kind of apron or pinafore for children.

noun

A kind of brake or shoe for a wagon wheel.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for slippers.

noun

A person or creature that slips.

noun

A kind of apron or pinafore for children.

noun

A kind of brake or shoe for a wagon wheel.

noun

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

Example sentences

1

How many people come home from work today and put on slippers and a sweater.

2

Following my experiences with playing my bass, I placed a spare pair of orthotic insoles into my slippers.

3

Once we can create pink polkadot tigers that fetch your slippers, who cares about the albino Siberian tiger?

4

So you can also get to buy cheap shirts, socks, slippers, FM radios, miscellaneous toys and other cool stuff.

5

They all had old sneakers so loosely laced that they were basically slippers.

6

I've yet to visit a house in India where people have separate slippers for washroom & house.

7

If we can make a pink polka dotted tiger that will fetch your slippers, why mourn the albino Siberian tiger?

8

Glasses are to lenses as slippers are to shoes - something I wear when I first wake up for convenience.

9

Not out of actual bread but fluffy slippers that look like bread.

10

If they have ruby slippers, I believe they would be yours by right of conquest.

11

In central Europe it's common to have a special room called checkroom/garderobe next to your main door where you store several pairs of guest slippers.

12

If you must leave your shoes outside, wear an 'inside-only' slippers.

Quote examples

1

On a previous company they had "wear slippers day" and a couple of times the HR staff went around the office <b>selling</b> snacks...

2

And there are these newfangled things called "slippers" that could help.

3

The master says, "When you came to my rooms last night, on which side of the door did you leave your slippers?" The novice cannot recall.

4

We've accepted it as "one of the things they do on TV", but every Greek home has a bunch of slippers you can wear near the door.

Proper noun examples

1

Slippers help there (when I can find them).

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use slippers in a sentence?

How many people come home from work today and put on slippers and a sweater.

What does slippers mean?

A person or creature that slips.

What part of speech is slippers?

slippers is commonly used as noun.