slash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /slaʃ/
ipa: /slæʃ/
rhymes: -æʃ
Forms: form: slashes
Etymology: Late Middle English, originally a verb of uncertain etymology. Perhaps of imitative origin, or possibly from Old French esclachier (“to break in pieces”), a variant of esclater, which is likely a Germanic borrowing, from Frankish *slaitan (“to slit, tear”).
Used in the Wycliffe Bible as slascht (see 1 Kings 5:18) but otherwise unattested until 16th century. Conjunctive use from various applications of the punctuation mark ⟨/⟩. See also slash fiction.
Senses: examples: text: A slash of his blade just missed my ear.
glosses: A slashing action or motion:
A swift, broad cutting stroke, especially one made with an edged weapon or whip.
examples: text: He took a wild slash at the ball but the captain saved the team's skin by hacking it clear and setting up the team for a strike on the goal.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A slashing action or motion:
A wide striking motion made with an implement such as a cricket bat, hockey stick, or lacrosse stick.
examples: text: After the war ended, the army saw a 50% slash in their operating budget.
glosses: A slashing action or motion:
A sharp reduction in resources allotted.
examples: text: He was bleeding from a slash across his cheek.
glosses: A mark made by slashing:
A deep cut or laceration, as made by an edged weapon or whip.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A mark made by slashing:
A deep taper-pointed incision in a plant.
topics: fashion
lifestyle
glosses: Something resembling such a mark:
A slit in an outer garment, usually exposing a lining or inner garment of a contrasting color or design.
examples: text: We passed over the shoulder of a ridge and around the edge of a fire slash, and then we had the mountain fairly before us.
ref: 1895, Henry Van Dyke, Little Rivers: A Book of Essays in Profitable Idleness:
glosses: Something resembling such a mark:
A clearing in a forest, particularly one made by logging, fire, or other violent action.
examples: text: Initial inquiries among professional typists uncover names like slant, slant line, slash, and slash mark. Examination of typing instruction manuals discloses additional names such as diagonal and diagonal mark, and other sources provide the designation oblique.
ref: 1965, Dmitri A. Borgmann, Language on Vacation, page 240:
topics: media
publishing
typography
glosses: Something resembling such a mark:
The slash mark: the punctuation mark ⟨/⟩.
topics: media
publishing
typography
glosses: Something resembling such a mark:
The slash mark: the punctuation mark ⟨/⟩.
Any similar typographical mark, such as the backslash ⟨\⟩.
glosses: Something resembling such a mark:
The vulva.
examples: text: Slash generated during logging may constitute a fire hazard.
glosses: The loose woody debris remaining from a slash; the trimmings left while preparing felled trees for removal.
examples: text: Comments merely allow readers to proclaim themselves mortally offended by the content of a story, despite having been warned in large block letters of INCEST or SLASH (any kind of sex between two men or two women: the term originated with the Kirk/Spock pairing – it described the literal slash between their names).
ref: 2013, Katherine Arcement, “Diary”, in London Review of Books, volume 35, number 5:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: Slash fiction; fan fiction focused on homoerotic pairing of fictional characters.
Synonyms: sense: deep cut
word: gash
sense: typographic mark
word: slash mark
sense: typographic mark
word: solidus
sense: typographic mark
word: stroke
sense: typographic mark
word: forward slash
sense: typographic mark
word: forward stroke
sense: typographic mark
word: foreslash
sense: typographic mark
word: frontslash
sense: typographic mark
word: front slash
sense: typographic mark
english: marking line breaks
translation: marking line breaks
word: virgule
sense: typographic mark
english: historical currency sign
translation: historical currency sign
word: shilling mark
sense: typographic mark
word: slants
sense: typographic mark
english: marking pronunciations
translation: marking pronunciations
word: slant lines
sense: typographic mark
english: proofreading mark
translation: proofreading mark
word: separatrix
sense: typographic mark
english: former use as a form of comma
translation: former use as a form of comma
word: scratch comma
sense: typographic mark
word: oblique
sense: typographic mark
word: oblique mark
sense: typographic mark
word: oblique stroke
sense: typographic mark
word: oblique dash
sense: typographic mark
word: diagonal
sense: typographic mark
word: diagonal mark
sense: typographic mark
word: virgula
sense: typographic mark
word: virgil
sense: typographic mark
english: improper
translation: improper
word: whack
sense: typographic mark
english: improper
translation: improper
word: bar
sense: vulgar term for female genitalia
word: cunt
Hypernyms: sense: typographic mark
english: in fractions
translation: in fractions
word: fraction bar
sense: typographic mark
english: in division
translation: in division
word: division sign
Hyponyms: division slash
fraction slash
Derived terms: backslash
backward slash
dot dot slash
femslash
foreslash
frontslash
hack-and-slash
non-slash
pre-slash
slashable
slash-and-burn
slash area
slash bunt
slash chord
slash dupe
slashfic
slash fiction
slash fire
slash hook
slash line
slash mark
slash-mark
slash movie
slash pine
slash pocket
slash print
slashy
Related terms: alt: '; ’
word: apostrophe
word: curly brackets
word: brace
word: square bracket
word: bracket
alt: :
word: colon
alt: ,
word: comma
alt: ‒; –; —; ―
word: dash
alt: …
word: ellipsis
alt: !
word: exclamation mark
alt: ⁄
word: fraction slash
alt: « »; ‹ ›
word: guillemet
alt: -; ‐
word: hyphen
alt: ·
word: interpunct
alt: ‽
word: interrobang
word: bracket
word: parentheses (US
alt: ( )
word: Canada)
word: full stop
alt: .
word: period
alt: ?
word: question mark
alt: ‘ ’ ‚; „
word: quotation marks
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
alt: "; '
word: quotation marks
alt: ;
word: semicolon
alt: /
word: slash or stroke
alt: ] [
word: space