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slash

Noun

∙ A slashing action or motion, particularly:
- ∙ A swift, broad, cutting stroke made by an edged weapon or whip.
- ∙ A wild swinging strike of the bat. cricket
- ∙ A hard swift lateral strike with a hockey stick, usually across another player's arms or legs. ice hockey
- ∙ Any similar wide striking motion.
- ∙ A sharp reduction. figuratively
∙ A mark made by a slashing motion, particularly:
- ∙ A cut or laceration, often deep, made by an edged weapon or whip.
- ∙ A deep taper-pointed incision in a plant. botany
∙ Something resembling such a mark, particularly:
- ∙ A slit in an outer garment exposing a lining or inner garment, usually of a contrasting color or design; any intentional long vertical cut in a garment. fashion
- ∙ A clearing in a forest, those made by logging, fire, or other violent action. chiefly
- ∙ The slash mark: the punctuation mark ⟨/⟩, sometimes inclusive of any mark produced by a similar slashing movement of the pen, as the backslash ⟨\⟩. often proscribed
- ∙ Female genitalia. vulgar, slang
∙ The loose woody debris remaining from a slash, the trimmings left while preparing felled trees for removal. chiefly forestry
∙ Short for slash fiction: fan fiction focused upon shipping characters.

Verb

∙ To cut or attempt to cut, particularly:
- ∙ To cut with a swift broad stroke of an edged weapon.
- ∙ To produce a similar wound with a savage strike of a whip.
- ∙ To strike swiftly and laterally with a hockey stick, usually across another player's arms or legs. ice hockey
- ∙ To reduce sharply. figuratively
- ∙ To create slashes in a garment. fashion
- ∙ To criticize cuttingly. figuratively
∙ To strike violently and randomly, particularly:
- ∙ To swing wildly at the ball. cricket
∙ To move quickly and violently.
∙ To crack a whip with a slashing motion.
∙ To clear land, with violent action such as logging or brushfires or through grazing. agriculture, uncommon
∙ To write slash fiction. intransitive, fandom slang

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

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