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What slash means in slang?

(vulgar, slang) Female genitalia.

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See also: stash

English [ edit ]

Pronunciation [ edit ]

( UK ) IPA (key) : /slaʃ/

IPA : ( US ) IPA (key) : /slæʃ/

IPA : Audio (AU)

Hyphenation: slash

Rhymes: -æʃ

Etymology 1 [ edit ]

Originally a verb of uncertain etymology. Possibly from French esclachier (“to break”). Used once in the Wycliffe Bible as slascht but otherwise unattested until 16th century. Conjunctive use from various applications of the punctuation mark ⟨/⟩. See also slash fiction.

Noun [ edit ]

slash (plural slashes)

Sense 4

Synonyms [ edit ]

Antonyms [ edit ]

Hypernyms [ edit ]

( typographic mark ) : fraction bar ( in fractions ) ; division sign ( in division )

Hyponyms [ edit ]

Derived terms [ edit ]

Related terms [ edit ]

Translations [ edit ]

swift cut with a blade Bulgarian: разсичане (bg) n ( razsičane )

Catalan: tall m

Czech: řez (cs) m

Danish: hug n

Finnish: sivallus

French: entaille (fr) f

German: Hieb (de) m

Italian: fendente (it) m , sfregio (it) m

, Maori: whakangaeke hahae hōripiripi

Portuguese: talho (pt) m

Swedish: hugg (sv) n

ice hockey: quick and hard lateral strike with a hockey stick Czech: seknutí n , sekera (cs) f

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Finnish: huitominen

— see slash fiction slash fiction

vulgar slang: female genitalia Bulgarian: путка f ( putka )

Finnish: viiva (fi)

Italian: fessa (it) f

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked French: (please verify) entaille (fr) f

Japanese: (please verify) 斬撃 ( ざんげき, zangeki )

Norman: (please verify) slache f ( Jersey )

See also [ edit ]

Punctuation

Verb [ edit ]

slash (third-person singular simple present slashes, present participle slashing, simple past and past participle slashed)

Synonyms [ edit ]

( to strike with a whip ) : lash scourge thrash

( to strike a whip ) : crack

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Coordinate terms [ edit ]

( slash fiction ) : ship

Derived terms [ edit ]

Translations [ edit ]

slash (not comparable)

Used to note the sound or action of a slash.

Conjunction [ edit ]

slash

( Canada, US ) Used to connect two or more identities in a list. Saul Hudson is a famous musician/songwriter. 2001 , Drake Sather; Ben Stiller; John Hamburg, Zoolander , spoken by , Drake Sather; Ben Stiller; John Hamburg,, spoken by Fabio Lanzoni What this, the Slashie, means is that you consider me the best actor slash model and not the other way around. 2022 October 2, Tom Phillips, “‘A day of hope’: Lula fans eager to see Bolsonaro defeated”, in The Guardian ‎[1]: October 2, Tom Phillips, “‘A day of hope’: Lula fans eager to see Bolsonaro defeated”, in “It’s been a joke-slash-tragedy,” the restaurant host, 29, said of the president’s tumultuous far-right administration as she cast her vote against him in her country’s most important election in decades. ( Canada, US ) Used to list alternatives. Alternatives can be marked by the slash/stroke/solidus punctuation mark, a tall, right-slanting oblique line. Read: Alternatives can be marked by the slash-slash-stroke-slash-solidus punctuation mark, a tall, right-slanting oblique line.

Usage notes [ edit ]

Typically written with the slash mark ⟨/⟩ and only spoken or transcribed as the word "slash". Often omitted from speech and only marked as a brief pause between the alternatives. Exclusively omitted in common constructions such as and/or, either/or, and washer/dryer.

Synonyms [ edit ]

( exclusive or ) : or

( inclusive or ) : and or and/or

( UK ) : stroke

Further reading [ edit ]

Etymology 2 [ edit ]

Of uncertain etymology. Compare Scots slash (“large splash”), possibly from Old French esclache. Slang use for urination attested from the 1950s.

Noun [ edit ]

slash (plural slashes)

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( obsolete , rare ) A drink of something; a draft. ( vulgar , UK , slang ) A piss: an act of urination. Where's the gents? I need to take a slash.

Verb [ edit ]

slash (third-person singular simple present slashes, present participle slashing, simple past and past participle slashed) ( UK , slang , intransitive ) To piss, to urinate. 1973, Martin Amis, The Rachel Papers, page 189: If you can slash in my bed (I thought) don't tell me you can't suck my cock.

Translations [ edit ]

Etymology 3 [ edit ]

Of uncertain etymology. Compare flash (“a marsh; a pool of water”) and British dialectal slashy (“wet and dirty, miry”).

Noun [ edit ]

slash (plural slashes)

( US ) A swampy area; a swamp. ( Scotland ) A large quantity of watery food such as broth.

Verb [ edit ]

slash (third-person singular simple present slashes, present participle slashing, simple past and past participle slashed)

( Scotland , intransitive ) To work in wet conditions.

Etymology 4 [ edit ]

See slatch

Noun [ edit ]

slash (plural slashes)

( UK ) slatch Alternative form of deep trough of finely-fractured culm or a circular or elliptical pocket of coal.

References [ edit ]

Oxford English Dictionary, 1st ed. "slash, v.¹ & v.²" & "slash, n.¹, n.², n.³, & n.⁴". Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1911.

Anagrams [ edit ]

Romanian [ edit ]

Etymology [ edit ]

From English slash.

Noun [ edit ]

slash n (plural slash-uri)

slash ( sign )

Declension [ edit ]

Declension of slash singular plural indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation nominative/accusative (un) slash slashul (niște) slash-uri slash-urile genitive/dative (unui) slash slashului (unor) slash-uri slash-urilor vocative slashule slash-urilor

Spanish [ edit ]

Noun [ edit ]

slash m (plural slash)

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