slashed; slashing; slashes
: to lash out, cut, or thrash about with or as if with an edged blade
1
: to cut with or as if with rough sweeping strokes
3
: to cut slits in (something, such as a garment) so as to reveal a color beneath
4
: to criticize cuttingly
5
: to reduce sharply : cut
1
: the act of slashing
also
: a long cut or stroke made by or as if by slashing
2
: an ornamental slit in a garment
3
a
: an open tract in a forest strewn with debris (as from logging)
b
: the debris in such a tract
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: a mark / used typically to denote "or" (as in and/or), "and or" (as in straggler/deserter), or "per" (as in feet/second)
called also diagonal, slant, solidus, virgule
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or slash fiction
: a genre of fan fiction which features a romantic pairing of two usually male fictional characters who are not romantically connected in the original work of fiction
If women are the prime producers of the stuff, one would imagine that slash would be as full of male-female fantasies as male-male fantasies, but that's not the case.—
Owen Smith
Owen SmithHere's a sampling of Harry Potter slash, taken from a novella called "Irresistible Poison," about a budding romance between Harry and his archenemy Draco Malfoy.—Christopher Noxon
Christopher NoxonI don't know whether Moody has read Kirk/Spock slash fiction, either, but I bet he's heard of it …—Elizabeth Hand
Elizabeth Hand
: a low swampy area often overgrown with brush
Synonyms
Examples of slash in a Sentence
Verb
Someone slashed his car's tires.
He threatened to slash the man's throat.
She slashed a path through the underbrush.
They slashed their way through the jungle.
The company has slashed prices to increase sales.
Funding for the program was slashed.
Noun (1)
made a slash in the fabric with a knife
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
The operating profit outlook for the period was slashed from 400 billion yen to 360 billion yen.
—Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024
Hayley Bloomingdale, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2024
The group would scrutinize federal spending and slash programs deemed wasteful.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 30 Oct. 2024
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Verb
But the vice president has slashed this 16-point lead to just four points, 47 percent to Trump's 51 percent, the final iteration of the poll published Monday shows.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
The operating profit outlook for the period was slashed from 400 billion yen to 360 billion yen.
—Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024
Noun
For thousands of years mothers have been devastatingly waking their tiny babies, trying to levitate them out of their car seats and into their strollers until some genius finally invented the Doona: a car seat slash stroller in one.
—Hayley Bloomingdale, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2024
The group would scrutinize federal spending and slash programs deemed wasteful.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Slash.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slash. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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slash
2 of 2 noun1
: the act of slashing
also
: a long cut or stroke made by slashing
2
: an ornamental slit in a garment
3
: a mark / used to mean "or" (as in and/or), "and or" (as in bottles/cans), or "per" (as in kilometers/hour)
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