SLASH
What does "SLASH" mean?
To cut with a violent sweeping stroke, or to reduce something sharply.
Meanings
- To cut with long, sweeping, forceful strokes. He slashed through the brush with a machete.
- To reduce a price, budget, or quantity drastically. The store slashed prices ahead of the holiday.
- A long cut or sweeping stroke. A slash of red paint cut across the canvas.
- The oblique punctuation mark ( / ). Write the date with a slash between the numbers.
- Used to link alternatives or dual roles, read aloud as 'or' or 'and'. She is a writer-slash-photographer. informal
Did you know?
- Tim Berners-Lee, who invented the Web, admitted in 2009 that the two slashes in 'http://' were never really needed - a tiny design choice now typed trillions of times.
Word origin
From Middle English 'slaschen', probably imitative of the sound of a cutting stroke, or from Old French 'esclachier' (to break).
Remember it
SLASH starts with the same SL- swipe as 'slice' and 'slap', and the / mark itself leans like a blade caught mid-stroke.
A little poem
One stroke through the price,
one stroke through the morning weeds-
the hand learns to cut.
haiku
Wordplay
- The editor and the swordsman agreed on one thing: when in doubt, make a clean slash and move on.
What it teaches
A clean slash is a decision; the wound and the bargain both heal faster than a ragged one.
Quick facts
What does SLASH mean?
To cut with a violent sweeping stroke, or to reduce something sharply.
Is SLASH a valid word?
Yes — SLASH is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is SLASH?
SLASH has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does SLASH come from?
From Middle English 'slaschen', probably imitative of the sound of a cutting stroke, or from Old French 'esclachier' (to break).
What can SLASH teach us?
A clean slash is a decision; the wound and the bargain both heal faster than a ragged one.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.