(obsolete) slippery

(UK, Australia, New Zealand) To spank with a plimsoll as corporal punishment.

A low soft shoe that can be slipped on and off easily. / Such a shoe intended for indoor use; a bedroom or house slipper. / (US, Hawaii, Singapore) A flip-flop (type of rubber sandal).

(uncountable) The property of being slippery. / (countable) The result or product of being slippery.

(US) An upholstered chair with a low seat and a high back.

Any achelate (clawless) decapod crustacean of the family Scyllaridae.

(figuratively) A chain of events that, once initiated, cannot be halted; especially one in which the final outcome is undesirable or precarious.

a type of orchid; a lady's slipper

An orchid of the subfamily Cypripedioideae, distinguished by their slipper-shaped pouches which trap insects to improve pollination rates. / The type species of this subfamily, Cypripedium calceolus.

(heraldry, of a plant) With part of the stalk displayed.