3 entries under this word

Slash

Slăsh, v. t.

verbtransitive

[imp. & p. p. SLASHED (slăsht); p. pr. & vb. n. SLASHING.] [Cf. Icel. slasa, to injure, wound.]

To cut by striking violently and at random; to cut in long cuts.
To lash. [Illegitimate and rare.] King.
To crack or snap, as a whip. [Rare.]

Slăsh, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. To strike violently and at random with an edged instrument; to lay about one indiscriminately with blows. “Hewing and slashing at their idle shades.” Spenser.

Slāsh, n.

noun

n. 1. A long cut; a cut made at random. 2. A large slit in the thighs and arms of old costumes, made to show a brilliant color through the openings.