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slash

/slaʃ/

noun

Meaning

  • A slashing action or motion, particularly:

  • A mark made by a slashing motion, particularly:

  • Something resembling such a mark, particularly:

  • The loose woody debris remaining from a slash, (particularly forestry) the trimmings left while preparing felled trees for removal.

    "Slash generated during logging may constitute a fire hazard."

  • Slash fiction.

Synonyms

gash,
bar,
diagonal,
diagonal mark,
foreslash,
forward slash,
forward stroke,
front slash,
frontslash,
oblique,
oblique dash,
oblique mark,
oblique stroke,
scratch comma,
separatrix,
shilling mark,
slant,
slant line,
slash mark,
solidus,
stroke,
virgil,
virgula,
virgule,
whack,
cunt

verb

Meaning

  • To cut or attempt to cut, particularly:

  • To strike violently and randomly, particularly:

  • To move quickly and violently.

  • To crack a whip with a slashing motion.

  • To clear land, (particularly forestry) with violent action such as logging or brushfires or through grazing.

    "The province's traditional slash-and-burn agriculture was only sustainable with a much smaller population."

  • To write slash fiction.

Synonyms

crack,
lash,
scourge,
thrash

adverb

Meaning

  • Used to note the sound or action of a slash.

conjunction

Meaning

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

  • Used to list alternatives.

Synonyms

stroke,
or,
and,
and/or,
or