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Slash
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- 1 Used to note the sound or action of a slash. not-comparable
- 1 Used to connect two or more identities in a list. Canada, US
"Saul Hudson is a famous musician/songwriter."
- 2 Used to list alternatives. Canada, US
"Alternatives can be marked by the slash/stroke/solidus punctuation mark, a tall, right-slanting oblique line. Read: Alternatives can be marked by the slash-slash-stroke-slash-solidus punctuation mark, a tall, right-slanting oblique line."
- 1 A slashing action or motion:; A swift, broad cutting stroke, especially one made with an edged weapon or whip.
"A slash of his blade just missed my ear."
- 2 A drink of something; a draft. obsolete, rare
- 3 A swampy area; a swamp. Eastern, US
"On the North side of one of ye Windings of a great Slash or Swamp called ye Roundabout."
- 4 Alternative form of slatch: a deep trough of finely-fractured culm or a circular or elliptical pocket of coal. UK, alt-of, alternative
- 5 a strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument wordnet
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- 6 A slashing action or motion:; A wide striking motion made with an implement such as a cricket bat, hockey stick, or lacrosse stick.
"He took a wild slash at the ball but the captain saved the team's skin by hacking it clear and setting up the team for a strike on the goal."
- 7 A piss: an act of urination. UK, slang, vulgar
"Where's the gents? I need to take a slash."
- 8 A slash pine, which grows in such (swampy) areas. Eastern, US, uncommon
"[…] second growth long-leaf yellow slash. And also we have a short-leaf pine."
- 9 a punctuation mark (‘/’) used to separate related items of information wordnet
- 10 A slashing action or motion:; A sharp reduction in resources allotted. figuratively
"After the war ended, the army saw a 50% slash in their operating budget."
- 11 Piss; urine. UK, rare, slang, vulgar
"That bus shelter smells of slash."
- 12 A large quantity of watery food such as broth. Scotland
- 13 an open tract of land in a forest that is strewn with debris from logging (or fire or wind) wordnet
- 14 A mark made by slashing:; A deep cut or laceration, as made by an edged weapon or whip.
"He was bleeding from a slash across his cheek."
- 15 a wound made by cutting wordnet
- 16 A mark made by slashing:; A deep taper-pointed incision in a plant.
- 17 Something resembling such a mark:; A slit in an outer garment, usually exposing a lining or inner garment of a contrasting color or design.
- 18 Something resembling such a mark:; A clearing in a forest, particularly one made by logging, fire, or other violent action. Canada, US
"We passed over the shoulder of a ridge and around the edge of a fire slash, and then we had the mountain fairly before us."
- 19 Something resembling such a mark:; The slash mark: the punctuation mark ⟨/⟩.
"Initial inquiries among professional typists uncover names like slant, slant line, slash, and slash mark. Examination of typing instruction manuals discloses additional names such as diagonal and diagonal mark, and other sources provide the designation oblique."
- 20 Something resembling such a mark:; The slash mark: the punctuation mark ⟨/⟩.; Any similar typographical mark, such as the backslash ⟨\⟩. often, proscribed
- 21 Something resembling such a mark:; The slash mark: the punctuation mark ⟨/⟩.; The conjunctions and or also (during a conversation). broadly, idiomatic
- 22 Something resembling such a mark:; The vulva. slang, vulgar
- 23 The loose woody debris remaining from a slash; the trimmings left while preparing felled trees for removal. Canada, US
"Slash generated during logging may constitute a fire hazard."
- 24 A wet or swampy place overgrown with bushes obsolete
- 25 Slash fiction; fan fiction focused on homoerotic pairing of fictional characters. slang
"Comments merely allow readers to proclaim themselves mortally offended by the content of a story, despite having been warned in large block letters of INCEST or SLASH (any kind of sex between two men or two women: the term originated with the Kirk/Spock pairing – it described the literal slash between their names)."
- 1 To cut or attempt to cut; To cut with a swift broad stroke of an edged weapon.
"They slashed at him with their swords, but only managed to nick one of his fingers."
- 2 To piss, to urinate. UK, intransitive, slang
"If you can slash in my bed (I thought) don't tell me you can't suck my cock."
- 3 To work in wet conditions. Scotland, intransitive
- 4 cut drastically wordnet
- 5 To cut or attempt to cut; To produce a similar wound with a savage strike of a whip.
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- 6 cut open wordnet
- 7 To cut or attempt to cut; To strike swiftly and laterally with a hockey stick, usually across another player's arms or legs.
- 8 cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete wordnet
- 9 To cut or attempt to cut; To reduce sharply. figuratively
"Competition forced them to slash prices."
- 10 beat severely with a whip or rod wordnet
- 11 To cut or attempt to cut; To create slashes in a garment.
- 12 move or stir about violently wordnet
- 13 To cut or attempt to cut; To criticize cuttingly. figuratively
- 14 To strike violently and randomly, particularly
- 15 To strike violently and randomly; To swing wildly at the ball.
- 16 To move quickly and violently.
- 17 To crack a whip with a slashing motion.
- 18 To clear land, (particularly forestry) with violent action such as logging or brushfires or (agriculture, uncommon) through grazing. Canada, US
"The province's traditional slash-and-burn agriculture was only sustainable with a much smaller population."
- 19 To write slash fiction. intransitive, slang
"Having read slash for other fandoms (mainly X-Files and Sentinel), I can say the whole gay issue gets dealt with more often in that slash than it does in Trek slash. That's not to say that all the slashers who slash in a "modern-era" show deal with AIDS, homophobia and other gay issues, but some of them do."
Etymology
Late Middle English, originally a verb of uncertain etymology. Perhaps of imitative origin, or possibly from Old French esclachier (“to break in pieces”), a variant of esclater, which is likely a Germanic borrowing, from Frankish *slaitan (“to slit, tear”). Used in the Wycliffe Bible as slascht (see 1 Kings 5:18) but otherwise unattested until 16th century. Conjunctive use from various applications of the punctuation mark ⟨/⟩. See also slash fiction.
Late Middle English, originally a verb of uncertain etymology. Perhaps of imitative origin, or possibly from Old French esclachier (“to break in pieces”), a variant of esclater, which is likely a Germanic borrowing, from Frankish *slaitan (“to slit, tear”). Used in the Wycliffe Bible as slascht (see 1 Kings 5:18) but otherwise unattested until 16th century. Conjunctive use from various applications of the punctuation mark ⟨/⟩. See also slash fiction.
Late Middle English, originally a verb of uncertain etymology. Perhaps of imitative origin, or possibly from Old French esclachier (“to break in pieces”), a variant of esclater, which is likely a Germanic borrowing, from Frankish *slaitan (“to slit, tear”). Used in the Wycliffe Bible as slascht (see 1 Kings 5:18) but otherwise unattested until 16th century. Conjunctive use from various applications of the punctuation mark ⟨/⟩. See also slash fiction.
Late Middle English, originally a verb of uncertain etymology. Perhaps of imitative origin, or possibly from Old French esclachier (“to break in pieces”), a variant of esclater, which is likely a Germanic borrowing, from Frankish *slaitan (“to slit, tear”). Used in the Wycliffe Bible as slascht (see 1 Kings 5:18) but otherwise unattested until 16th century. Conjunctive use from various applications of the punctuation mark ⟨/⟩. See also slash fiction.
Uncertain. Compare Scots slash (“large splash”), possibly from Old French esclache. Slang use for urination attested from the 1950s.
Uncertain. Compare Scots slash (“large splash”), possibly from Old French esclache. Slang use for urination attested from the 1950s.
Uncertain. Compare British dialectal slashy (“wet and dirty, miry”) and Scots slash (“act of walking forcefully through water or mud”) and slatch (“wet and muddy place, mire”). Perhaps related to Swedish slask (“slush”). Compare also slash (“clearing in a forest”): in many cases it is difficult to tell whether that sense or this one is meant. (Also compare flash (“a marsh; a pool of water”).)
Uncertain. Compare British dialectal slashy (“wet and dirty, miry”) and Scots slash (“act of walking forcefully through water or mud”) and slatch (“wet and muddy place, mire”). Perhaps related to Swedish slask (“slush”). Compare also slash (“clearing in a forest”): in many cases it is difficult to tell whether that sense or this one is meant. (Also compare flash (“a marsh; a pool of water”).)
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