shoehorn vs slipper

shoehorn

noun
  • A smooth tool that assists in putting the foot into a shoe, by sliding the heel in after the toe is in place. This reduces discomfort and damage to the back of the shoe. By slipping it into the back of the shoe behind the heel, the user prevents the heel from squashing down the back of the shoe and causing difficulty; instead the heel slides down the smooth shoehorn, which then comes out easily once the foot is in place. 

  • Anything by which a transaction is facilitated; a medium. 

verb
  • To use a shoehorn. 

  • To force (something) into (a tight space); to squeeze (something) into (a schedule, etc); to exert great effort to insert or include (something); to include (something) despite potent reasons not to. 

  • To force some current event into alignment with some (usually unconnected) agenda, especially when it is fallacious. 

slipper

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

  • The plimsoll or gym shoe used in this form of punishment. 

  • A kind of bedpan urinal shaped like a shoe. 

  • A kind of brake or shoe for a wagon wheel. 

  • A person who slips. 

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

  • A kind of apron or pinafore for children. 

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

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

  • A flip-flop (type of rubber sandal). 

verb
  • To spank with a plimsoll as corporal punishment. 

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