slash

Etymology 1
Originally a verb of uncertain etymology. Possibly from. Used in the as slascht (see 1 Kings 5:18) but otherwise unattested until 16th century. Conjunctive use from various applications of the punctuation mark ⟨/⟩. See also .

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 ⟨\⟩.
 * 13)  The vulva.
 * 14)  The loose woody debris remaining from a slash; the trimmings left while preparing felled trees for removal.
 * 15)  Slash fiction; fan fiction focused on homoerotic pairing of fictional characters.
 * 1)  The slash mark: the punctuation mark ⟨/⟩.
 * 2)  Any similar typographical mark, such as the backslash ⟨\⟩.
 * 3)  The vulva.
 * 4)  The loose woody debris remaining from a slash; the trimmings left while preparing felled trees for removal.
 * 5)  Slash fiction; fan fiction focused on homoerotic pairing of fictional characters.
 * 1)  Slash fiction; fan fiction focused on homoerotic pairing of fictional characters.
 * 1)  Slash fiction; fan fiction focused on homoerotic pairing of fictional characters.

Synonyms

 * ; ;  ;, , , ,  ;  ;  ; s, s ;  ;  ; , , ,  ; ,  ;  ;  ;  ;
 * See 
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Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 斬擊
 * Czech:
 * Danish: hug
 * Finnish: sivallus
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: 斬撃
 * Korean: 참격(斬擊)
 * Lithuanian: rėžis, rėžimas
 * Macedonian: исеку́вање, расеку́вање
 * Maori: whakangaeke, hahae, hōripiripi
 * Portuguese:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:, ,


 * Czech: seknutí,
 * Finnish: huitominen


 * Arabic: خَطّ مَائِل
 * Bashkir: кәсер
 * Belarusian: каса́я ры́ска, слэш
 * Bulgarian: наклоне́на черта́
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: skråstreg
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: oblikvo
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French: ,
 * German: ,
 * Greek: δεξιότροπη κάθετος,
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:, ferde vonal,
 * Icelandic: skástrik
 * Irish: fleasc
 * Italian:, sbarretta obliqua, sbarretta
 * Japanese:, , スラント
 * Korean: 빗금, 슬래시
 * Macedonian: ко́са цр́та
 * Maori: rītaha, tohu rītaha, hahae
 * Norman: slache, slache en avant
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: skråstrek
 * Polish: ukośnik
 * Portuguese:, barra oblíqua
 * Romanian:, slash, bară oblică
 * Russian:, , коса́я черта́, ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: коса црта
 * Roman: kosa crta
 * Slovak: lomka
 * Slovene: poševnica
 * Spanish: barra oblicua,, slash,
 * Swahili: ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Thai:
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian: коса́ ри́ска, слеш
 * Vietnamese: dấu gạch chéo, dấu xuyệt chéo, dấu xẹt chéo


 * Bulgarian: пу́тка
 * Finnish:
 * Italian:
 * Macedonian: пи́чка


 * French: (3)
 * Japanese:
 * Norman:

Verb

 * 1) To cut or attempt to cut, particularly:
 * 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 swing wildly at the ball.
 * 10) To move quickly and violently.
 * 11) To crack a whip with a slashing motion.
 * 12)  To clear land,  with violent action such as logging or brushfires or  through grazing.
 * 13)  To write slash fiction.
 * 1) To move quickly and violently.
 * 2) To crack a whip with a slashing motion.
 * 3)  To clear land,  with violent action such as logging or brushfires or  through grazing.
 * 4)  To write slash fiction.
 * 1)  To write slash fiction.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: říznout
 * Dutch:, , ,
 * Finnish:, sivaltaa
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: ., , ,
 * Japanese:
 * Lithuanian: rėžti
 * Macedonian: и́сече, се́че, ра́сече, расе́кува
 * Manchu: ᠰᠠᠴᡳᠮᠪᡳ
 * Maori: hae, hahae, hōripiripi
 * Norman: sâbrer, slachi
 * Russian:, ,
 * Swedish: ,

Conjunction

 * Alternatives can be marked by the slash/stroke/solidus punctuation mark, a tall, right-slanting oblique line.
 * Read: Alternatives can be marked by the slash-slash-stroke-slash-solidus punctuation mark, a tall, right-slanting oblique line.
 * Alternatives can be marked by the slash/stroke/solidus punctuation mark, a tall, right-slanting oblique line.
 * Read: Alternatives can be marked by the slash-slash-stroke-slash-solidus punctuation mark, a tall, right-slanting oblique line.
 * Alternatives can be marked by the slash/stroke/solidus punctuation mark, a tall, right-slanting oblique line.
 * Read: Alternatives can be marked by the slash-slash-stroke-slash-solidus punctuation mark, a tall, right-slanting oblique line.
 * Read: Alternatives can be marked by the slash-slash-stroke-slash-solidus punctuation mark, a tall, right-slanting oblique line.

Usage notes
Typically written with the slash mark ⟨/⟩ and only spoken or transcribed as the word "slash". Often omitted from speech and only marked as a brief pause between the alternatives. Exclusively omitted in common constructions such as, , and /.

Etymology 2
. Compare 🇨🇬, possibly from 🇨🇬. Slang use for urination attested from the 1950s.

Noun

 * 1)  A drink of something; a draft.
 * 2)  A piss: an act of urination.
 * Where's the gents? I need to take a slash.
 * 1)  Urine.
 * That bus shelter smells of slash.

Verb

 * 1)  To piss, to urinate.

Translations

 * Macedonian: мо́ча, и́змоча
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, сходи́ть по-ма́ленькому , спра́вить ма́лую нужду́

Etymology 3
. Compare and British dialectal.

Noun

 * 1)  A swampy area; a swamp.
 * 2)  A large quantity of watery food such as broth.

Verb

 * 1)  To work in wet conditions.

Etymology 4
See 

Noun

 * : a deep trough of finely-fractured culm or a circular or elliptical pocket of coal.

Etymology
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