▪ I. slip-slap, n.
(ˈslɪpslæp)
[f. slap v.1, with usual variation of vowel.]
† 1. ? A slipper. Obs.—1
| 1669 Penn No Cross xvii. §5 (1682) 336 Shoes and Slip-slaps lac'd with Silk or Silver-Lace. |
2. The repeated flapping sound caused by loosely-worn shoes.
| 1890 D. Gerard Lady Baby vi, The well-known slip-slap of the lodging-house servant's down-trodden shoes. |
▪ II. slip-slap, v.
[See prec.]
1. intr. To slap repeatedly in rapid succession. rare—1.
| 1721 S. Centlivre Artifice 111, I ha' found her Fingers slip-slap, this a-way, and that a-way, like a Flail upon a Wheat-sheaf. |
2. = slip-slop v. 3. rare.
| 1926 T. E. Lawrence Seven Pillars v. lvii. 302 At Cairo my sandalled feet slip-slapped up the quiet Savoy corridors. 1965 ‘Lauchmonen’ Old Thom's Harvest v. 58 She slip-slapped in her cut-back slippers to the door. |