slash meaning

UK /slæʃ/ US /slæʃ/ 1 syllable

slash (verb): cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete.

slash has 9 meanings in this dictionary, as verb and noun.

slash as a verb

  1. cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete

    Synonyms: cut down

    Type of: cut

    Related forms: slasher

  2. beat severely with a whip or rod
    • The teacher often flogged the students
    • The children were severely trounced

    Synonyms: flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, strap, trounce

    Type of: beat

    Kinds: flagellate, leather, horsewhip, switch, cowhide, cat, birch

  3. cut open
    • she slashed her wrists

    Synonyms: gash

    Type of: cut

  4. cut drastically
    • Prices were slashed

    Type of: reduce

  5. move or stir about violently
    • The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed

    Synonyms: convulse, thresh, thresh about, thrash, thrash about, toss, jactitate

    Type of: shake

    Kinds: whip

slash as a noun

  1. a wound made by cutting
    • he put a bandage over the cut

    Synonyms: cut, gash, slice

    Type of: wound

  2. an open tract of land in a forest that is strewn with debris from logging (or fire or wind)

    Type of: land

  3. a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information

    Synonyms: solidus, virgule, diagonal, stroke, separatrix

    Type of: punctuation

  4. a strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument

    Synonyms: gash

    Type of: cut

How to pronounce slash

slash is pronounced /slæʃ/ in British English and /slæʃ/ in American English. It has 1 syllable.

Words that rhyme with slash

Scrabble score: 8 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with SL · words ending in SH · 5-letter words

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