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Definition of "slip-on" [slip•-on]

  • A garment easily donned or removed. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "slip-on" in a sentence
  • "I could go drool over the tri-color slip-on checkerboards that I wanted to get so bad."
  • "Culpeper wears slip-on loafers to the airport, keeps his keys and loose change in a separate zipper pouch in his carryon."
  • ""Have a dedicated pocket on your rollaway for your wallet and phone so you can slip those in and out right before and after security," and "always put your (slip-on) shoes before your computer, before your bag" on the screening conveyor belt, suggests Reitman, who spent much of this fall in transit courtesy of a promotional tour for Up in the Air."