English Explanatory Dictionary

slashy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Involving lots of cutting with blades, or swordwork.
  2. resembling a slash (the punctuation mark)
  3. wet, having wet ground, slushy
  4. making a movement akin to swiping a sword.
  5. darting, running in a zigzag motion
  6. of a work of art, done in the style that suggests the painter was slashing the canvas with a paintbrush
  7. slushy, very romantic
  8. Characteristic of or related to slash fiction.

Pronunciation

/ˈslæʃi/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-slashy.wav

Word forms

slashy slashier slashiest

Etymology

From slash + -y.

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