Definitions for slash
slæʃslash

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cut, gash, slash, slicenoun

   a wound made by cutting

   "he put a bandage over the cut"

2. slashnoun

   an open tract of land in a forest that is strewn with debris from logging (or fire or wind)

3. solidus, slash, virgule, diagonal, stroke, separatrixnoun

   a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information

4. slash, gashverb

   a strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument

5. slash, cut downverb

   cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete

6. flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, strap, trounceverb

   beat severely with a whip or rod

   "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced"

7. slash, gashverb

   cut open

   "she slashed her wrists"

8. slashverb

   cut drastically

   "Prices were slashed"

9. convulse, thresh, thresh about, thrash, thrash about, slash, toss, jactitateverb

   move or stir about violently

   "The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. slashnoun

   The symbol, /. Also known as a forward slash, particularly in computer programming and web design.

2. slashnoun

   A swift cut with a blade, particularly with fighting weapons as a sword, saber, knife etc.

3. slashnoun

   A swift striking movement.

4. slashnoun

   A pee, a trip to the toilet to urinate

   Excuse me, I need to take a slash

5. slashnoun

   The female genitalia

6. slashnoun

   A quick and hard lateral strike with a hockey stick, usually across the arms or legs.

7. slashverb

   To cut across something with a blade such as knife, sword, scythe etc.

8. slashverb

   to strike laterally with a hockey stick. usually across the legs or arms

9. slashverb

   to reduce sharply

   Iran on Thursday called on OPEC to slash output by 2 million barrels per day.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Slashnoun

   Etymology: from the verb.

   1. Cut; wound.

   Some few received some cuts and slashes that had drawn blood. Edward Hyde.

   2. A cut in cloath.

   What! this a sleeve?
   Here’s snip and nip, and cut, and slish and slash,
   Like to a censor in a barber’s shop. William Shakespeare.

   Distinguish’d slashes deck the great,
   As each excels in birth or state:
   His oylet-holes are more and ampler;
   The king’s own body was a sampler. Matthew Prior.

2. To Slashverb

   Etymology: slasa, to strike, Islandick.

   1. To cut; to cut with long cuts.2. To lash. Slash is improper.

   Daniel, a sprightly swain, that us’d to slash
   The vig’rous steeds that drew his lord’s calash,
   To Peggy’s side inclin’d. King.

3. To Slashverb

   To strike at random with a sword; to lay about him.

   The knights with their bright burning blades
   Broke their rude troops, and orders did confound,
   Hewing and slashing at their idle shades. Fairy Queen.

   Not that I’d lop the beauties from his book,
   Like slashing Richard Bentley with his desp’rate hook. Alexander Pope.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Slashverb

   to cut by striking violently and at random; to cut in long slits

2. Slashverb

   to lash; to ply the whip to

3. Slashverb

   to crack or snap, as a whip

4. Slashverb

   to strike violently and at random, esp. with an edged instrument; to lay about one indiscriminately with blows; to cut hastily and carelessly

5. Slashnoun

   a long cut; a cut made at random

6. Slashnoun

   a large slit in the material of any garment, made to show the lining through the openings

7. Slashnoun

   swampy or wet lands overgrown with bushes

8. Etymology: [OE. slaschen, of uncertain origin; cf. OF. esclachier to break, esclechier, esclichier, to break, and E. slate, slice, slit, v. t.]

FreebaseRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Slash

   The slash is a sign used as a punctuation mark and for various other purposes. It often is called a forward slash and many other names, and sometimes is erroneously called a backslash.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Slash

   slash, v.t. to cut by striking with violence and at random: to make long cuts: to ornament by cutting slits in the cloth in order to show some fine material underneath.—v.i. to strike violently and at random with an edged instrument: to strike right and left: to move rapidly.—n. a long cut: a cut at random: a cut in cloth to show colours underneath: a stripe on a non-commissioned officer's sleeve: a clearing in a wood.—adj. Slashed, cut with slashes: gashed.—ns. Slash′er, anything which slashes; Slash′ing, a slash in a garment: the felling of trees as a military obstacle, also the trees so felled.—adj. cutting mercilessly, unsparing: dashing: very big, slapping. [O. Fr. eslecher, to dismember—Old High Ger. slīzan, to split.]

2. Slash

   slash, v.i. (Scot.) to work in wet.—n. a large quantity of watery food, as broth, &c.—adj. Slash′y, dirty, muddy. [Sw. slaska, dabble—slask, wet.]

The New Hacker's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. slash

   Common name for the slant (‘/’, ASCII 0101111) character. See ASCII for other synonyms.

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. slash

   A cut; a wound; also, a cut in cloth. It was formerly used to express the pieces of tape or worsted lace which were placed upon the arms of non-commissioned officers, in order to distinguish them from privates.

2. slash

   To strike violently and at random with an edged instrument; to lay about one indiscriminately with blows.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. slashnoun

   Slash was the skilled electric guitarist for the band “Guns ‘N’ Roses”. He assisted in the writing of many of their popular songs, and stayed with the band for quite a long time.

   
   

   Submitted by friendlybanana17 on August 2, 2022  

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1. slash

   The slash symbol -- In this Symbols.com article you will learn about the meaning of the slash symbol and its characteristic.

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   Song lyrics by slash -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by slash on the Lyrics.com website.

Matched Categories

1. • Beat
   • Cut
   • Land
   • Punctuation Mark
   • Reduce
   • Shake

How to pronounce slash?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say slash in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of slash in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of slash in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of slash in a Sentence

1. Yoshiharu Yamamoto:

   My sense is that we need to slash the number of cars we develop by about 20 percent, in the end, with so many different specs you lose the essence of what a Honda car should be. It also puts a big burden on (engineers) and it's inefficient.

2. Joe Biden:

   So what I do, if I say,' The Democratic presidential town hall is tonight on CNN,' I'll say :' The Democratic presidential town hall, slash, is on The Democratic presidential town hall, slash, it's going to have the following people, slash, Anderson Cooper is going to speak, slash.

3. Jimmy Evans:

   I want people to see him as this incredible musician slash athlete slash cat lover slash straight-A student. while my child is trans, and he's put in a box of being a trans person, he's so much more than that label.

4. Martin Cheek:

   We very much appreciated the support Leo gave us in campaigning to protect Ebo last year so it seemed fitting to honour him in this way, naming a species unique only to Ebo Forest, after him, had the logging concession gone ahead, we would have likely lost this species to timber extraction and slash and burn agriculture that usually follows logging concessions.

5. Kevin Lundberg:

   The state shouldn't come in and say to the individual businessman, 'You must violate your religious — and I'll say religious-slash-moral convictions. This baker (Silva), thought that was a violation of their moral convictions. The other baker, which we all know very well because of all the stories, clearly that was a violation of their religious convictions.

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