Slip″per (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, slips.
2. A kind of light shoe, which may be slipped on with ease, and worn in undress; a slipshoe.
3. A kind of apron or pinafore for children.
4. A kind of brake or shoe for a wagon wheel.
5. (Mach.) A piece, usually a plate, applied to a sliding piece, to receive wear and afford a means of adjustment; — also called shoe, and gib.
Slipper animalcule(Zoöl.), a ciliated infusorian of the genus Paramecium. — Slipper flower.(Bot.) Slipperwort. — Slipper limpet, orSlipper shell(Zoöl.), a boat shell.