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slip-on

slip-on adjective: describing a garment that can be pulled on without adjusting fasteners such as buttons or zippers.

Adjective

slip-on (not comparable)

  1. Describing a garment that can be pulled on without adjusting fasteners such as buttons or zippers.
    • A moccasin is a slip-on shoe.

Noun

slip-on (plural slip-ons)

  1. A garment that can be pulled on without adjusting fasteners such as buttons or zippers.
    Synonyms:
    pull-on

Synonyms of slip-on

Forms of slip-on

pluralslip-ons

Questions about slip-on

What does slip-on mean?
Slip-on means describing a garment that can be pulled on without adjusting fasteners such as buttons or zippers.
What part of speech is slip-on?
Slip-on can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near slip-on in the dictionary

  1. slip-case
  2. slip-cases
  3. slip-cueing
  4. slip-halter
  5. slip-halters
  6. slip-on
  7. slip-ons
  8. slip-up
  9. slip-ups
  10. slipage
  11. slipboard

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