slash

/'slæʃ/
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slash

The hiker used a machete to slash through the thick jungle vines.

Definition

  1. Noun:

    • A strong, sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument: A deep, long cut, often made with a forceful, diagonal motion.
    • A punctuation mark (/): A symbol used to separate related items, indicate alternatives, or represent division.
    • An open tract of land in a forest strewn with debris: A cleared area in woodland, often littered with branches and tree remains from logging or natural events.
    • A wound made by cutting: A gash or laceration.

  2. Verb:

    • To cut with a sweeping, violent stroke: To make a long, deep cut with a sharp object using a forceful, often diagonal, motion.
    • To cut drastically or reduce severely: To lower something, especially prices or costs, by a large amount.
    • To criticize or attack harshly: To subject someone or something to severe verbal criticism.
    • To move or stir about violently: To thrash or flail around energetically.
Usage Examples

  • Noun:

    • The sword left a deep slash across the shield.
    • Use a slash to separate the day, month, and year (e.g., 01/01/2024).
    • The forest fire left a barren slash covered in ash.

  • Verb:

    • The vandal tried to slash the painting with a knife.
    • The store slashed all prices by 50% for the clearance sale.
    • The critic slashed the director's new film in her review.
Advanced Usage

  • "To slash and burn": A method of agriculture or warfare involving cutting down and burning vegetation. Figuratively, it can mean to make drastic, destructive changes.

    • The company's new CEO adopted a slash-and-burn approach to restructuring.

  • "Slash fiction": A genre of fan fiction focusing on romantic or sexual relationships between same-sex characters, typically male, from existing media. The name derives from the punctuation mark (/) used between character names (e.g., Kirk/Spock).

Variants and Related Words
  • Slashy (adj., informal): Resembling or characterized by slashing motions or cuts.
  • Backslash (n): The punctuation mark (\), distinct from the forward slash (/).
Synonyms
  • Noun (cut): Gash, laceration, incision.
  • Verb (cut): Gash, slit, lacerate.
  • Verb (reduce): Slash, cut, reduce, drastically lower.
  • Verb (criticize): Lambaste, pillory, savage.
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Slash at: To aim a cutting blow at something.
    • He slashed at the ropes with his pocketknife to free himself.
Related Idioms
  • "Slash one's wrists": Literally, to cut one's own wrists. Figuratively, it can be used hyperbolically to express extreme regret or a self-destructive action.
    • (Figurative) Agreeing to that deal without reading the fine print would be like slashing my own wrists.
slash

The hiker used a machete to slash through the thick jungle vines.

Noun
  1. a strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument
  2. a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information
  3. an open tract of land in a forest that is strewn with debris from logging (or fire or wind)
  4. a wound made by cutting
    • he put a bandage over the cut
Verb
  1. move or stir about violently
    • The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed
  2. cut drastically
    • Prices were slashed
  3. cut open
    • she slashed her wrists
  4. beat severely with a whip or rod
    • The teacher often flogged the students
    • The children were severely trounced
  5. cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete

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