slash

[ slash ]

/ slæʃ /

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verb (used with object)

to cut with a violent sweeping stroke or by striking violently and at random, as with a knife or sword.

to lash; whip.

to cut, reduce, or alter: The editors slashed the story to half its length.

to make slits in (a garment) to show an underlying fabric.

to criticize, censure, or attack in a savage or cutting manner.

verb (used without object)

to lay about one with sharp, sweeping strokes; make one's way by cutting.

to make a sweeping, cutting stroke.

noun

a sweeping stroke, as with a knife, sword, or pen.

a cut, wound, or mark made with such a stroke.

a curtailment, reduction, or alteration: a drastic slash of prices.

a decorative slit in a garment showing an underlying fabric.

a short oblique stroke (/) between two words indicating that whichever is appropriate may be chosen to complete the sense of the text in which they occur; avirgule: you and/or your dependents.
a dividing line, as in dates, fractions, a run-in passage of poetry to show verse division, etc.; a virgule: She got 3/4 of the answers correct.“Sweetest love, I do not go/For weariness of thee.” (John Donne)

Compare forward slash, backslash.

(in forest land)

an open area strewn with debris of trees from felling or from wind or fire.
the debris itself.

Slang. slash fiction.

OTHER WORDS FOR slash

3 abridge, abbreviate.

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Origin of slash

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English slaschen, perhaps from Old French esclachier “to break”

OTHER WORDS FROM slash

un·slashed, adjective

Words nearby slash

slapper, slap shot, slapstick, slap-up, slart, slash, slash-and-burn, Slashdot effect, slasher, slasher movie, slashfest

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[ slash ]

/ slæʃ /

noun

Often slashes. a tract of wet or swampy ground overgrown with bushes or trees.

Origin of slash

An Americanism dating back to 1645–55; origin uncertain

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How to use slash in a sentence

Diced apples and walnuts go into the mutaki, whose filling you can spy through the slashes made in the baked dough, curved as a Slinky toy.
This new Azerbaijani bakery offers stories as good as its pastries|Tom Sietsema|February 26, 2021|Washington Post
By default, Shopify automatically ends URLs without a trailing slash, but variations of the same URL with a trailing slash are accessible to both users and search engines.
Four common SEO problems with Shopify and how to fix them|Edward Coram James|February 19, 2021|Search Engine Watch
This can normally be avoided by enforcing a site-wide trailing slash redirect via the website’s htaccess file, but Shopify does not allow access to the htaccess file.
Four common SEO problems with Shopify and how to fix them|Edward Coram James|February 19, 2021|Search Engine Watch
Google treats URLs with and without a trailing slash as unique pages.
Four common SEO problems with Shopify and how to fix them|Edward Coram James|February 19, 2021|Search Engine Watch

Slough Creek is regarded as one of the best anywhere for the distinctive cutthroat trout, with its red slash on the lower jaw.
In Big Sky country, a pandemic-era fly-fishing getaway|Carl Fincke|January 21, 2021|Washington Post
The young man weaves through clusters of bamboo and cuts a diagonal slash into a tree, positioning a hollow log at the end.
The Congo's Forgotten Colonial Getaway|Nina Strochlic|December 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
For example, they slash the faces of female bar owners who refuse to pay protection money.
The Case of the Yakking Yakuza|Jake Adelstein|September 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“House Republicans slash funding that would help fight Ebola,” thundered Salon.
Progressive Bloggers Spread False Ebola Story|Tim Mak|September 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Another thing about planet tea party: Its occupants still want to slash government spending by massive amounts.
On Border, a Huge Win for the Hard Right|Michael Tomasky|August 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I would have added “no photographs of meditative politicians walking on the shore” with a slash though a silhouette of JFK.
Why I Hate The Beach|P. J. O’Rourke|July 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It was shrill, it was penetrating, it rose and fell with a sort of ripping, tearing slash.
Scattergood Baines|Clarence Budington Kelland
Well, by and by an adder bit a knight's heel; the knight forgot all about the order, and made a slash at the adder with his sword.
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Complete|Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
It was a female, somewhat smaller than the ones Kieran had fought with, and having a slash of white on the throat and chest.
The Stars, My Brothers|Edmond Hamilton
The president, the vice-presidents, and the stewards were to have three buttons on a slash cuff, and to wear blue pantaloons.
Yachting Vol. 2|Various.
I left them as they were, and busied myself with rooting out undeniable weeds and carting off the slash and rubbish.
The Idyl of Twin Fires|Walter Prichard Eaton

British Dictionary definitions for slash

slash

/ (slæʃ) /

verb (tr)

to cut or lay about (a person or thing) with sharp sweeping strokes, as with a sword, knife, etc

to lash with a whip

to make large gashes into slash tyres

to reduce (prices, etc) drastically

mainly US to criticize harshly

to slit (the outer fabric of a garment) so that the lining material is revealed

to clear (scrub or undergrowth) by cutting

noun

a sharp, sweeping stroke, as with a sword or whip

a cut or rent made by such a stroke

a decorative slit in a garment revealing the lining material

US and Canadian

littered wood chips and broken branches that remain after trees have been cut down
an area so littered

Also called: diagonal, forward slash, separatrix, shilling mark, solidus, stroke, virgule a short oblique stroke used in text to separate items of information, such as days, months, and years in dates (18/7/80), alternative words (and/or), numerator from denominator in fractions (55/103), etc

British slang the act of urinating (esp in the phrase have a slash)

a genre of erotic fiction written by women, to appeal to women

Word Origin for slash

C14 slaschen, perhaps from Old French esclachier to break

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