Flipper vs. Slipper — What's the Difference?

One that flips

Slippers are light footwear that are easy to put on and off and are intended to be worn indoors, particularly at home. They provide comfort and protection for the feet when walking indoors.

A wide flat limb, as of a seal, whale, or other aquatic mammal, adapted for swimming.

A comfortable slip-on shoe that is worn indoors.

See fin1.

Beat (someone) with a slipper

A flat lever in a pinball machine, used to hit the ball so it stays in play.

A low shoe that can be slipped on and off easily and is usually worn indoors.

In marine mammals such as whales, a wide flat limb, adapted for swimming.

A low soft shoe that can be slipped on and off easily.

A flat, wide, paddle-like rubber covering for the foot, used in swimming.

Such a shoe intended for indoor use; a bedroom or house slipper.

A flat lever in a pinball machine, triggered by the player to strike the ball and keep it in play.

A flip-flop (type of rubber sandal).

(theatre) A small flat used to support a larger one.

A person who slips.

(cricket) A type of ball bowled by a leg spin bowler, which spins backwards and skids off the pitch with a low bounce.

A kind of apron or pinafore for children.

Television remote control, clicker.

A kind of brake or shoe for a wagon wheel.

The hand.

(engineering) A piece, usually a plate, applied to a sliding piece, to receive wear and permit adjustment; a gib.

(dentistry) A kind of false tooth, usually temporary.

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

A kitchen spatula.

(euphemism) The plimsoll or gym shoe used in this form of punishment.

Someone who flips, in the sense of buying a house or other asset and selling it quickly for profit.

(medicine) A kind of bedpan urinal shaped like a shoe.

Someone who flips in any other sense, for example throwing a coin.

(obsolete) slippery

To lift one or both flippers out of the water and slap the surface of the water.

To spank with a plimsoll as corporal punishment.

A broad flat limb used for swimming, as those of seals, sea turtles, whales, etc.

One who, or that which, slips.

The hand.

A kind of light shoe, which may be slipped on with ease, and worn in undress; a slipshoe.

A shoe for swimming; the paddle-like front is an aid in swimming (especially underwater)

A kind of apron or pinafore for children.

The flat broad limb of aquatic animals specialized for swimming

A kind of brake or shoe for a wagon wheel.

A piece, usually a plate, applied to a sliding piece, to receive wear and afford a means of adjustment; - also called shoe, and gib.

Slippery.

Low footwear that can be slipped on and off easily; usually worn indoors

A person who slips or slides because of loss of traction