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Noun A slashing action or motion, particularly: A swift, broad, cutting stroke made by an edged weapon or whip. (cricket) A wild swinging strike of the bat. (ice hockey) A hard swift lateral strike with a hockey stick, usually across another player's arms or legs. Any similar wide striking motion. (figuratively) A sharp reduction. A mark made by a slashing motion, particularly: A cut or laceration, often deep, made by an edged weapon or whip. (botany) A deep taper-pointed incision in a plant. Something resembling such a mark, particularly: (fashion) 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. (US and Canada) A clearing in a forest, (particularly) those made by logging, fire, or other violent action. (originally US, typography) The slash mark: the punctuation mark ⟨/⟩, sometimes (often proscribed) inclusive of any mark produced by a similar slashing movement of the pen, as the backslash ⟨\⟩. (vulgar, slang) Female genitalia. (US and Canada) The loose woody debris remaining from a slash, (particularly forestry) the trimmings left while preparing felled trees for removal. Clipping of slash fiction: fan fiction focused upon "shipping", or pairing, 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. (ice hockey) To strike swiftly and laterally with a hockey stick, usually across another player's arms or legs. (figuratively) To reduce sharply. (fashion) To create slashes in a garment. (figuratively) To criticize cuttingly. To strike violently and randomly, particularly: (cricket) To swing wildly at the ball. To move quickly and violently. To crack a whip with a slashing motion. (US and Canada) To clear land, (particularly forestry) with violent action such as logging or brushfires or (agriculture, uncommon) through grazing. (intransitive, fandom slang) To write slash fiction. Adverb Used to note the sound or action of a slash. Conjunction (US and Canada) Used to connect two or more identities in a list. (US and Canada) Used to list alternatives. Noun (obsolete, rare) A drink of something; a draft. Noun (US) A swampy area; a swamp. Noun (Britain) Alternative form of slatch: a deep trough of finely-fractured culm or a circular or elliptical pocket of coal. Find more words! 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