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"SLIPPERS" is a plural of: slipper. |
Date "SLIPPERS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Dream Interpretation | To dream of slippers, warns you that you are about to perform an unfortunate alliance or intrigue. You are likely to find favor with a married person which will result in trouble, if not scandal. To dream that your slippers are much admired, foretells that you will be involved in a flirtation, which will suggest disgrace. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Literature | Slippers The Turks wear yellow slippers; the Armenians, red; and the Jews, blue. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Slang | Noun. Source: Slippers. Definition: Thong shoes. Context: When talking about thong shoes. Social Source: Hawaii native. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Clothing | Kimono; lungi; shooting-coat; mufti; rags, tatters, old clothes; mourning, weeds; duds; slippers. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: SLIPPERS |
| English words defined with "SLIPPERS": Cypripedium ♦ flats ♦ genus Cypripedium, genus Phragmipedium ♦ neatly ♦ Phragmipedium ♦ showing neatness, slippered. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "SLIPPERS": FUR MACHINE ♦ Glass Slipper, Golden Shoe, Golden Slipper ♦ Pantables, Papal Slippers ♦ relieving cut. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Oh, I think my bunny slippers just ran for cover (Mulan; writing credit: Robert D. San Souci; Rita Hsiao) I was wearing slippers. (Charmed; writing credit: Colman deKay) You don't do nothin' but stay in that damn room in your robe and slippers cooking all day. ('Round Midnight; writing credit: David Rayfiel; Bertrand Tavernier) Oho! After we defeat you, you will be our slaves and will have to fetch us our slippers! (VeggieTales: Dave and the Giant Pickle; writing credit: Frank Daniel; Alain Robbe-Grillet) What do you want me to do, fix your slippers for you (Aliens; writing credit: James Cameron; David Giler) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Slippery Slippers (1962) Musical Parade: Golden Slippers (1946) White Slippers (1924) Night Time Slippers and the Fairy (1998) Slippers (1985) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Fairy Slippers (Calypso bulbosa). Credit: Rittenhous. |  | War workers' nursery. Preparations for naps at the Bella Vista Nursery School in Oakland, California include finding one's own bedroom slippers and replacing shoes on the shelf. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Photograph of a painting of a ballerina lacing her slippers. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Muddy Slippers" by Glass Shard Commentary: "My muddy beach slippers after a stroll on the beach." | "Slippers" by Ibon San Martin Commentary: "My slippers on the rock." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Author | Quotation |
Oliver Wendell Holmes | Don't you stay at home of evenings? Don you love a cushioned seat in a corner, by the fireside, with your slippers on your feet? |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | This idea taking full possession of his mind, he got up softly and shuffled in his slippers to the door |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | He gazed upon and adored the things which she wore, her knot of ribbon, her gloves, her cuffs, her slippers, as sacred objects of which he was master |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | She had her feet on the fender and her jewelly slippers were so hot and they had such a lovely warm smell |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | On her feet she wore the heeled slippers of her wedding |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "SLIPPERS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 97.88% of the time. "SLIPPERS" is used about 377 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 97.88% | 369 | 14,694 |
| Noun (proper) | 2.12% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Total | 100.00% | 377 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "SLIPPERS": babies' slippers ♦ bedroom slippers ♦ carpet slippers. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "SLIPPERS": babies-slippers, carpet-and-slippers, monogrammed-slippers, pipe-and-slippers. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "SLIPPERS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chamorro | chankletas. (various references) | |
Chinese | 蹝 , 靸 (laborers, shoes), 拖鞋 , 便鞋 (cloth shoes), 屣 . (various references) | |
Czech | trepky (bedroom slippers). (various references) | |
French | enclanchement des frotteurs sur les fils de contact (slippers engaging with the contact wires). (various references) | |
German | Pantoffeln (carpet slippers, clogs), Hausschuhe (carpet slippers). (various references) | |
Greek | παντόφλες. (various references) | |
Hungarian | papucs (scuff, slipper). (various references) | |
Italian | pantofole. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | スラム街 (bunting on two strikes, bust-waist-hip measurements, petticoat, slalom, sleep, sleeve, slim, slimmer, slip, slit, slum quarters, slump, slurry, three-piece suit, three-wheeled bicycle, vital statistics), 上草履 (indoor sandals), 上履き (indoor shoes). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | うわぞうり (indoor sandals), うわばき (hallway slippers, indoor shoes), スリッパ . (various references) | |
Manx | carraneyn thie (bedroom slippers, carpet slippers). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ippersslay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | chinelos. (various references) | |
Romanian | târlici, cipici. (various references) | |
Romansch | stgalfins. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"SLIPPERS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: sliper, slopers. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "SLIPPERS" (pronounced sli"perz) |
| 5 | -l i" p er z | clippers, flippers. |
| 4 | -i" p er z | dippers, kippers, shippers, skippers, strippers, tippers, trippers, zippers. |
| 3 | -p er z | Coopers, coppers, beekeepers, beepers, bloopers, bookkeepers, boppers, bumpers, calipers, campers, capers, choppers, crowkeepers, dampers, developers, diapers, droppers, flappers, gatekeepers, gossipers, grasshoppers, groundskeepers, groupers, hampers, handicappers, Harpers, helpers, hoppers, housekeepers, innkeepers, interlopers, Jaspers, jumpers, junipers, keepers, kidnappers, landscapers, leafhoppers, lepers, loopers, loppers, minesweepers, newspapers, pampers, papers, paratroopers, paupers, peacekeepers, peppers, pipers, poppers, prospers, rapers, rappers, Ropers, scalpers, scorekeepers, scrapers, sharecroppers, shopkeepers, shoppers, shrimpers, skyscrapers, sleepers, snipers, steppers, stoppers, storekeepers, stripers, supers, suppers, swampers, sweepers, tapers, tempers, toppers, trappers, troopers, uppers, vapors, vipers, wallpapers, whispers, whoppers, wipers, worshipers, wrappers. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-l-p-p-r-s-s" | |
-1 letter: lippers, lispers, ripples, sippers, slipper. | |
-2 letters: lipper, lisper, perils, pipers, pisser, pliers, plisse, prises, ripple, sipper, slipes, speils, speirs, spiels, spiers, spiles, spires. | |
-3 letters: isles, liers, lisps, peril, peris, perps, piers, piles, piper, pipes, plier, plies, preps, press, pries, prise, priss, repps, riels, riles, ripes, rises, sipes, sires, slier, slipe, slips, speil, speir. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-i-l-p-p-r-s-s" | |
+1 letter: prolepsis, stipplers, suppliers. | |
+2 letters: periplasts, propolises, resupplies. | |
+3 letters: leptospires, popularises, slipperiest. | |
+4 letters: hyperplasias, oppressively, oversupplies, philosophers, planispheres, polariscopes, polydisperse, reappraisals, slipperiness, spermophiles, superplastic, superspecial, suppressible. | |
+5 letters: glasspapering, laparoscopies, leptospiroses, leptospirosis, perspicuously, pleomorphisms, preeclampsias, superphysical, superspecials, undersupplies. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Images: Digital Art 8. Quotations: Familiar | 9. Quotations: Fiction 10. Usage Frequency 11. Expressions 12. Translations: Modern | 13. Derivations 14. Rhymes 15. Anagrams 16. Bibliography |
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