English Explanatory Dictionary

slash

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A slashing action or motion:
  2. A swift, broad cutting stroke, especially one made with an edged weapon or whip.
  3. A wide striking motion made with an implement such as a cricket bat, hockey stick, or lacrosse stick.
  4. A sharp reduction in resources allotted.
  5. A mark made by slashing:
  6. A deep cut or laceration, as made by an edged weapon or whip.
  7. A deep taper-pointed incision in a plant.
  8. Something resembling such a mark:
  9. A slit in an outer garment, usually exposing a lining or inner garment of a contrasting color or design.
  10. A clearing in a forest, particularly one made by logging, fire, or other violent action.
  11. The slash mark: the punctuation mark ⟨/⟩.
  12. Any similar typographical mark, such as the backslash ⟨\⟩.
verb
  1. To cut or attempt to cut
  2. To cut with a swift broad stroke of an edged weapon.
  3. To produce a similar wound with a savage strike of a whip.
  4. To strike swiftly and laterally with a hockey stick, usually across another player's arms or legs.
  5. To reduce sharply.
  6. To create slashes in a garment.
  7. To criticize cuttingly.
  8. To strike violently and randomly, particularly
  9. To strike violently and randomly
  10. To swing wildly at the ball.
  11. To move quickly and violently.
  12. To crack a whip with a slashing motion.
adv
  1. Used to note the sound or action of a slash.
conj
  1. Used to connect two or more identities in a list.
  2. Used to list alternatives.
noun
  1. A drink of something; a draft.
  2. A piss: an act of urination.
  3. Piss; urine.
verb
  1. To piss, to urinate.
noun
  1. A swampy area; a swamp.
  2. A slash pine, which grows in such (swampy) areas.
  3. A large quantity of watery food such as broth.
verb
  1. To work in wet conditions.
noun
  1. Alternative form of slatch: a deep trough of finely-fractured culm or a circular or elliptical pocket of coal.

Pronunciation

/slaʃ/ /slæʃ/ en-au-slash.ogg

Word forms

slash slashes slashing slashed

Etymology

Late Middle English, originally a verb of uncertain etymology. Perhaps of imitative origin, or possibly from Old French esclachier (“to break in pieces”), a variant of esclater, which is likely a Germanic borrowing, from Frankish *slaitan (“to slit, tear”). Used in the Wycliffe Bible as slascht (see 1 Kings 5:18) but otherwise unattested until 16th century. Conjunctive use from various applications of the punctuation mark ⟨/⟩. See also slash fiction.

Synonyms

slash mark solidus stroke forward slash forward stroke foreslash frontslash front slash virgule shilling mark slants slant lines separatrix scratch comma oblique oblique mark oblique stroke oblique dash diagonal diagonal mark virgula virgil whack bar gash cunt lash scourge thrash crack or and and/or

Antonyms

backslash

Related words

apostrophe curly brackets brace square bracket bracket colon comma dash ellipsis exclamation mark fraction slash guillemet hyphen interpunct interrobang parentheses (US Canada) full stop period question mark quotation marks semicolon slash or stroke space

Derived words

backslash backward slash bandslash boyslash buddyslash dot dot slash enemyslash femmeslash femslash foreslash frontslash hack-and-slash non-slash popslash powerslash pre-slash Scullyslash slashable slash-and-burn slash area slash bunt slash chord slashdom slash dupe slashfic slash fiction slash fire slash hook slashie slash line slash-mark slash mark slash movie slash pine slash pocket slash print slashtag slashy slashzine femslasher slash down slasher slash off slash out slash pile slash up

Translations

Arabic: خَطّ مَائِل Bashkir: кәсер Belarusian: каса́я ры́ска Belarusian: слэш Bulgarian: наклоне́на черта́ Catalan: barra Chinese Mandarin: 斜線號 /斜线号 Czech: lomítko Danish: skråstreg Dutch: schuine streep Esperanto: oblikvo Finnish: vinoviiva Finnish: kauttaviiva Finnish: kautta French: barre oblique French: barre Galician: barra German: Bruchstrich German: Schrägstrich Greek: δεξιότροπη κάθετος Greek: κάθετος Hebrew: לוֹכְסָן Hungarian: perjel Hungarian: ferde vonal Hungarian: törtvonal Icelandic: skástrik Irish: fleasc Italian: barra Italian: sbarretta obliqua Italian: sbarretta Japanese: スラッシュ Japanese: 斜線 Japanese: スラント Korean: 빗금 Korean: 슬래시 Macedonian: ко́са цр́та Māori: rītaha Māori: tohu rītaha Māori: hahae Norman: slache Norman: slache en avant Norwegian Bokmål: skråstrek Polish: ukośnik Portuguese: barra Portuguese: barra oblíqua Romanian: bară Romanian: slash Romanian: bară oblică Russian: слеш Russian: слэш Russian: коса́я черта́ Russian: коса́я Russian: дробь Serbo-Croatian: коса црта Serbo-Croatian: kosa crta Slovak: lomka Slovene: poševnica Spanish: barra oblicua Spanish: barra Spanish: slash Spanish: diagonal Swahili: alama ya mkwaju Swahili: mkwaju Swedish: snedstreck Swedish: streck Thai: ทับ Turkish: bölü Turkish: taksim Ukrainian: коса́ ри́ска Ukrainian: слеш Vietnamese: dấu gạch chéo Vietnamese: dấu xuyệt chéo Vietnamese: dấu xẹt chéo
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