slash

1. 1

   A slashing action or motion:; A swift, broad cutting stroke, especially one made with an edged weapon or whip.

   • A slash of his blade just missed my ear.
2. 2

   A slashing action or motion:; A wide striking motion made with an implement such as a cricket bat, hockey stick, or lacrosse stick.

   • 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.
3. 3

   A slashing action or motion:; A sharp reduction in resources allotted.figuratively

   • After the war ended, the army saw a 50% slash in their operating budget.
4. 4

   A mark made by slashing:; A deep cut or laceration, as made by an edged weapon or whip.

   • He was bleeding from a slash across his cheek.
5. 5

   A mark made by slashing:; A deep taper-pointed incision in a plant.

6. 6

   Something resembling such a mark:; A slit in an outer garment, usually exposing a lining or inner garment of a contrasting color or design.

7. 7

   Something resembling such a mark:; A clearing in a forest, particularly one made by logging, fire, or other violent action.CanadaUS

   • We passed over the shoulder of a ridge and around the edge of a fire slash, and then we had the mountain fairly before us.
8. 8

   Something resembling such a mark:; The slash mark: the punctuation mark ⟨/⟩.

   • Initial inquiries among professional typists uncover names like slant, slant line, slash, and slash mark. Examination of typing instruction manuals discloses additional names such as diagonal and diagonal mark, and other sources provide the
9. 9

   Something resembling such a mark:; The slash mark: the punctuation mark ⟨/⟩.oftenproscribed

10. 10

    Something resembling such a mark:; The slash mark: the punctuation mark ⟨/⟩.broadlyidiomatic

syn. slash mark · solidus · stroke · forward slash · forward stroke · foreslash · frontslash · front slash · virgule · shilling mark · slants · slant lines

ant. backslash

1. 1

   To cut or attempt to cut; To cut with a swift broad stroke of an edged weapon.

   • They slashed at him with their swords, but only managed to nick one of his fingers.
   • She hacked and slashed her way across the jungle.
2. 2

   To cut or attempt to cut; To produce a similar wound with a savage strike of a whip.

3. 3

   To cut or attempt to cut; To strike swiftly and laterally with a hockey stick, usually across another player's arms or legs.

4. 4

   To cut or attempt to cut; To reduce sharply.figuratively

   • All prices slashed!
   • Competition forced them to slash prices.
5. 5

   To cut or attempt to cut; To create slashes in a garment.

6. 6

   To cut or attempt to cut; To criticize cuttingly.figuratively

7. 7

   To strike violently and randomly, particularly

8. 8

   To strike violently and randomly; To swing wildly at the ball.

9. 9

   To move quickly and violently.

10. 10

    To crack a whip with a slashing motion.

syn. lash · scourge · thrash · crack

1. 1

   Used to note the sound or action of a slash.not-comparable

1. 1

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

   • Saul Hudson is a famous musician/songwriter.
2. 2

   Used to list alternatives.CanadaUS

   • Alternatives can be marked by the slash/stroke/solidus punctuation mark, a tall, right-slanting oblique line. Read: Alternatives can be marked by the slash-slash-stroke-slash-solidus punctuation mark, a tall, right-slanting oblique line.

syn. stroke

1. 1

   A drink of something; a draft.obsoleterare

2. 2

   A piss: an act of urination.UKslangvulgar

   • Where's the gents? I need to take a slash.
3. 3

   Piss; urine.UKrareslang

   • That bus shelter smells of slash.

1. 1

   To piss, to urinate.UKintransitiveslang

   • If you can slash in my bed (I thought) don't tell me you can't suck my cock.

1. 1

   A swampy area; a swamp.Northern-USSouthern-US

   • On the North side of one of ye Windings of a great Slash or Swamp called ye Roundabout.
   • three acres one Rood and Six pole of Land … Extending Northward along the Ditch thirty six poles and two fifths of a pole to a slash called Pitch and Tar Slash or Swamp[,] then along that Slash till it come to the Main Cart road westward …
2. 2

   A slash pine, which grows in such (swampy) areas.Northern-USSouthern-USuncommon

   • […] second growth long-leaf yellow slash. And also we have a short-leaf pine.
   • Slash pine (Pinus caribaea Morelet) / Slash pine is also known as yellow slash, swamp pine, hill slash, and Cuban pine.]
3. 3

   A large quantity of watery food such as broth.Scotland

1. 1

   To work in wet conditions.Scotlandintransitive

1. 1

   Alternative form of slatch: a deep trough of finely-fractured culm or a circular or elliptical pocket of coal.UKalt-ofalternative