SLASH

slash, gash

(noun) a strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument

solidus, slash, virgule, diagonal, stroke, separatrix

(noun) a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information

slash

(noun) an open tract of land in a forest that is strewn with debris from logging (or fire or wind)

cut, gash, slash, slice

(noun) a wound made by cutting; “he put a bandage over the cut”

slash

(verb) cut drastically; “Prices were slashed”

slash, gash

(verb) cut open; “she slashed her wrists”

slash, cut down

(verb) cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete

flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, strap, trounce

(verb) beat severely with a whip or rod; “The teacher often flogged the students”; “The children were severely trounced”

convulse, thresh, thresh about, thrash, thrash about, slash, toss, jactitate

(verb) move or stir about violently; “The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

slash (plural slashes)

A slashing action or motion, particularly

A swift, broad, cutting stroke made by an edged weapon or whip.

(cricket) A wild swinging strike of the bat.

(ice hockey, lacrosse) A hard swift lateral strike with a hockey or lacrosse stick, usually across another player's arms or legs.

Any similar wide striking motion.

(figuratively) A sharp reduction.

A mark made by a slashing motion, particularly

A cut or laceration, often deep, made by an edged weapon or whip.

(botany) A deep taper-pointed incision in a plant.

Something resembling such a mark, particularly

(fashion) A slit in an outer garment exposing a lining or inner garment, usually of a contrasting color or design; any intentional long vertical cut in a garment.

(US, &, Canada) A clearing in a forest, (particularly) those made by logging, fire, or other violent action.

(originally US, typography) The slash mark: the punctuation mark ⟨/⟩, sometimes (often proscribed) inclusive of any mark produced by a similar slashing movement of the pen, as the backslash ⟨\⟩.

(vulgar, slang) Female genitalia.

(US, &, Canada) The loose woody debris remaining from a slash, (particularly, forestry) the trimmings left while preparing felled trees for removal.

(fandom slang) Slash fiction.

Synonyms

• (deep cut): gash

• (typographic mark): slash mark; solidus (formal name); stroke (chiefly UK); forward slash, forward stroke, foreslash, frontslash, front slash (sometimes proscribed); virgule (marking line breaks); shilling mark (UK); slants, slant lines (marking pronunciations); separatrix (proofreading mark); scratch comma (former use as a form of comma); oblique, oblique mark, oblique stroke, oblique dash (chiefly UK); diagonal, diagonal mark (dated); virgula (obsolete); virgil (UK); whack (improper); bar (improper)

• (vulgar term for female genitalia): See cunt

Antonyms

• backslash

Hypernyms

• (typographic mark): fraction bar (in fractions); division sign (in division)

Hyponyms

• division slash

• fraction slash

Verb

slash (third-person singular simple present slashes, present participle slashing, simple past and past participle slashed)

To cut or attempt to cut, particularly

To cut with a swift broad stroke of an edged weapon.

To produce a similar wound with a savage strike of a whip.

(ice hockey) To strike swiftly and laterally with a hockey stick, usually across another player's arms or legs.

(figuratively) To reduce sharply.

(fashion) To create slashes in a garment.

(figuratively) To criticize cuttingly.

To strike violently and randomly, particularly

(cricket) To swing wildly at the ball.

To move quickly and violently.

To crack a whip with a slashing motion.

(US, &, Canada) To clear land, (particularly, forestry) with violent action such as logging or brushfires or (agriculture, uncommon) through grazing.

(intransitive, fandom slang) To write slash fiction.

Synonyms

• (to strike with a whip): lash, scourge, thrash

• (to strike a whip): crack

Coordinate terms

• (slash fiction): ship

Adverb

slash (not comparable)

Used to note the sound or action of a slash.

Conjunction

slash

(US, &, Canada) Used to connect two or more identities in a list.

(US, &, Canada) Used to list alternatives.

Usage notes

Typically written with the slash mark ⟨/⟩ and only spoken or transcribed as slash. Often omitted from speech and only marked as a brief pause between the alternatives. Exclusively omitted in common constructions such as and/or, either/or, and washer/dryer.

Synonyms

• (exclusive or): or

• (inclusive or): and, or, and/or

• (UK): stroke

Etymology 2

Noun

slash (plural slashes)

(obsolete, rare) A drink of something; a draft.

(vulgar, British, slang) A piss: an act of urination.

Verb

slash (third-person singular simple present slashes, present participle slashing, simple past and past participle slashed)

(UK, slang, intransitive) To piss, to urinate.

Etymology 3

Noun

slash (plural slashes)

(US) A swampy area; a swamp.

(Scotland) A large quantity of watery food such as broth.

Verb

slash (third-person singular simple present slashes, present participle slashing, simple past and past participle slashed)

(Scotland, intransitive) To work in wet conditions.

Etymology 4

Noun

slash (plural slashes)

(UK) Alternative form of slatch: a deep trough of finely-fractured culm or a circular or elliptical pocket of coal.

Anagrams

• LSSAH

Source: Wiktionary

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Slash, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slashed; p. pr. & vb. n. Slashing.] Etym: [OE. slaschen, of uncertain origin; cf. OF. esclachier to break, esclechier, esclichier, to break, and E. slate, slice, slit, v. t.]

1. To cut by striking violently and at random; to cut in long slits.

2. To lash; to ply the whip to. [R.] King.

3. To crack or snap, as a whip. [R.] Dr. H. More.

Slash, v. i.

Definition: To strike violently and at random, esp. with an edged instrument; to lay about one indiscriminately with blows; to cut hastily and carelessly. Hewing and slashing at their idle shades. Spenser.

Slash, n.

1. A long cut; a cut made at random.

2. A large slit in the material of any garment, made to show the lining through the openings.

3. Etym: [Cf. Slashy.] pl.

Definition: Swampy or wet lands overgrown with bushes. [Local, U.S.] Bartlett.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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