SLASH

v. n.

7 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To cut by striking violently and at random; to cut in long slits.

2.
v.

To lash; to ply the whip to. [R.] King.

3.
v.

To crack or snap, as a whip. [R.] Dr. H. More.

4.
v.

To strike violently and at random, esp. with an edged instrument; to lay about one indiscriminately with blows; to cut hastily and carelessly. Hewing and slashing at their idle shades. Spenser.

5.
n.

A long cut; a cut made at random.

6.
n.

A large slit in the material of any garment, made to show the lining through the openings.

7.
n.

Swampy or wet lands overgrown with bushes. [Local, U.S.] Bartlett.

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