Word Direct Answers

What does "slash" mean?

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

Additional senses

  1. 2.To crack or snap, as a whip. [R.] Dr. H. More.
  2. 3.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.
  3. 4.A long cut; a cut made at random.
  4. 5.A large slit in the material of any garment, made to show the lining through the openings.
  5. 6.Etym: [Cf. Slashy.] pl. Swampy or wet lands overgrown with bushes. [Local, U.S.] Bartlett.

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