SLASHING
slashing
(adjective) as if striking with slashing blows; “his slashing demon-ridden cadenza”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
slashing
present participle of slash
Noun
slashing (countable and uncountable, plural slashings)
The action of something that slashes.
(forestry, in the plural) slash (woody debris)
Anagrams
• Singhals, ashlings, hassling, lashings, slangish
Source: Wiktionary
SLASH
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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