slash

Plural: slashes

Noun

a wound made by cutting
an open tract of land in a forest that is strewn with debris from logging (or fire or wind)
a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information
a strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument
A slashing action or motion:
A swift, broad cutting stroke, especially one made with an edged weapon or whip.
A slashing action or motion:
A wide striking motion made with an implement such as a cricket bat, hockey stick, or lacrosse stick.
A slashing action or motion:
A sharp reduction in resources allotted.
A mark made by slashing:
A deep cut or laceration, as made by an edged weapon or whip.
A mark made by slashing:
A deep taper-pointed incision in a plant.
Something resembling such a mark:
A slit in an outer garment, usually exposing a lining or inner garment of a contrasting color or design.
Something resembling such a mark:
A clearing in a forest, particularly one made by logging, fire, or other violent action.
Something resembling such a mark:
The slash mark: the punctuation mark ⟨/⟩.
Something resembling such a mark:
The slash mark: the punctuation mark ⟨/⟩.
Any similar typographical mark, such as the backslash ⟨\⟩.
Something resembling such a mark:
The vulva.
The loose woody debris remaining from a slash; the trimmings left while preparing felled trees for removal.
Slash fiction; fan fiction focused on homoerotic pairing of fictional characters.
A drink of something; a draft.
A piss: an act of urination.
Piss; urine.
A swampy area; a swamp.
A slash pine, which grows in such (swampy) areas.
A large quantity of watery food such as broth.
Alternative form of slatch: a deep trough of finely-fractured culm or a circular or elliptical pocket of coal.

Verb

Verb Forms: slashed, slashing, slashes

To cut with violent, sweeping strokes.
cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete
beat severely with a whip or rod
cut open
- "she slashed her wrists"
cut drastically
- "Prices were slashed"
move or stir about violently
To cut or attempt to cut
To cut with a swift broad stroke of an edged weapon.
To cut or attempt to cut
To produce a similar wound with a savage strike of a whip.
To cut or attempt to cut
To strike swiftly and laterally with a hockey stick, usually across another player's arms or legs.
To cut or attempt to cut
To reduce sharply.
To cut or attempt to cut
To create slashes in a garment.
To cut or attempt to cut
To criticize cuttingly.
To strike violently and randomly, particularly
To strike violently and randomly
To swing wildly at the ball.
To move quickly and violently.
To crack a whip with a slashing motion.
To clear land, (particularly forestry) with violent action such as logging or brushfires or (agriculture, uncommon) through grazing.
To write slash fiction.
To piss, to urinate.
To work in wet conditions.

Adv

Used to note the sound or action of a slash.

Conj

Used to connect two or more identities in a list.
Used to list alternatives.

Examples

A slash of his blade just missed my ear.
After the war ended, the army saw a 50% slash in their operating budget.
Competition forced them to slash prices.
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.
He used a ’Z’ to SLASH across the board, making two words at once for big points.
He was bleeding from a slash across his cheek.
Profits are only up right now because they slashed overhead, but employee morale and product quality have collapsed too.
Saul Hudson is a famous musician/songwriter.
She hacked and slashed her way across the jungle.
Slash generated during logging may constitute a fire hazard.
That bus shelter smells of slash.
The province's traditional slash-and-burn agriculture was only sustainable with a much smaller population.
They slashed at him with their swords, but only managed to nick one of his fingers.
Where's the gents? I need to take a slash.

Origin / 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.

Synonyms

convulse, cut, cut down, diagonal, flog, gash, jactitate, lash, lather, separatrix, slice, solidus, strap, stroke, thrash, thrash about, thresh, thresh about, toss, trounce, virgule, welt, whip, and, and/or, bar, crack, cunt, diagonal mark, foreslash, forward slash, forward stroke, front slash, frontslash, oblique, oblique dash, oblique mark, oblique stroke, or, scourge, scratch comma, shilling mark, slant lines, slants, slash mark, virgil, virgula, whack

Antonyms

backslash

Scrabble Score: 8

slash: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
slash: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
slash: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

slash: valid Words With Friends Word