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   Slit

   /slit/

   

   noun

   • 1. a long, narrow cut or opening: "make a slit in the stem under a bud" Similar cutincisionsplitslashgashlacerationriptearrentventplacketopeninggapchinkspacecrackcrannyapertureslotpeephole

   verb

   • 1. make a long, narrow cut in (something): "give me the truth or I will slit your throat"
   • ▪ cut (something) into strips: "a wide recording head magnetizes the tape before it is slit to domestic size"
   • ▪ form (one's eyes) into slits; squint.

   Word Origin late Old Englishslite (noun); related to Old English slītan ‘split, rend’ (of Germanic origin).

   Derivatives

   • 1. slitter noun

   Scrabble Points: 4

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