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   Slash

   /slaSH/

   

   verb

   • 1. cut (something) with a violent sweeping movement, typically using a knife or sword: "a tire was slashed on my car" Similar cut (open)gashslitsplit openlacerateknifehackmake an incision inscoreriptearliterary:rend
   • ▪ reduce (a price, quantity, etc.) greatly: "the workforce has been slashed by 2,000" Similar reducecutdropbring downmark downlowerput downget rid ofaxecutshedloseOpposite raiseput upcreate
   • ▪ lash, whip, or thrash severely.
   • ▪ crack (a whip).
   • ▪ criticize (someone or something) severely.

   noun

   • 1. a cut made with a wide, sweeping stroke: "the man took a mighty slash at his head with a large sword"
   • ▪ a wound or gash made by a cut with a wide, sweeping stroke: "he staggered over with a crimson slash across his temple" Similar cutgashlacerationslithackstrokescoreincisionwoundinjuryriptearrent
   • ▪ a bright patch or flash of color or light: "yellow and gold foliage, with the odd slash of red"
   • 2. an oblique stroke (/) in print or writing, used between alternatives (e.g. and/or), in fractions (e.g. 3/4), in ratios (e.g. miles/day), or between separate elements of a text: "sentence breaks are highlighted by slashes" Similar strokebackslashobliquesolidusdiagonalvirguleslant
   • ▪ a genre of fiction, published chiefly in fanzines or online, in which characters who appear together in movies, television, or other popular media are portrayed as having a sexual (especially gay) relationship: "this year's sleeper hit is a faithful screen adaptation of Star Trek slash fiction"
   • 3. debris resulting from the felling or destruction of trees: North American "the mountainsides were strewn with slash"

   conjunction

   • 1. used to link alternatives or words describing or denoting a dual (or multiple) function or nature: informal "a model slash actress"

   Word Origin late Middle English: perhaps imitative, or from Old French esclachier ‘break in pieces’. The noun dates from the late 16th century.

   Scrabble Points: 8

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