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Slashing

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Bitingly critical or satiric: slashing wit.

adj. Dashing; pelting: a slashing hailstorm.

adj. Brilliant; intense: slashing colors.

n. The act of swinging a stick at an opponent in ice hockey or lacrosse, in violation of the rules.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. Present participle of slash.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A slash or pane in a garment.

n. In milit. engin., the felling of trees so that their tops shall fall toward the enemy, and thus prevent or retard his approach; also (in singular or plural), the trees thus felled: same as abatis, 1.

n. plural Trees or branches cut down by woodmen. Also slashes.

That cuts and slashes at random; recklessly or unmercifully severe; that cuts right and left indiscriminately: as, a slashing criticism or article.

Dashing; recklessly rapid: as, a slashing gait.

Very big; great; slapping.

n. The sizing, drying, and beaming of cotton warp for weaving on a machine called a slasher.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. as if striking with slashing blows

Word Usage

"Amber, does a really good job of getting the defense to shift in transition, what we call slashing the floor, slicing the floor, and I think Robinson does a great job of that."

Verb Form

slashed slashes slashing

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

punctuation mark punctuation cut cut down cutback

Form

slashy slashable foreslash backslash

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

lash gash reprove switch strike

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

Asch Ash Ashe Bash Cash

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

gash stab swipe arc jab