Definition of Slash

Verb: slash slash

Cut with sweeping strokes; as with an axe or machete
- cut down
Beat severely with a whip or rod
"The teacher often slashed the students";
- flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, strap, trounce, whale [N. Amer]
Cut open
"she slashed her wrists";
- gash
Cut drastically
"Prices were slashed"
Move or stir about violently
"The feverish patient slashed around in his bed";
- convulse, thresh, thresh about, thrash, thrash about, toss, jactitate

Noun: slash slash

A wound made by cutting
"he put a bandage over the slash";
- cut, gash, slice
An open tract of land in a forest that is strewn with debris from logging (or fire or wind)
A punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information
- solidus [Brit, Cdn], virgule, diagonal, stroke, separatrix
A strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument
- gash
[Brit, vulgar] Informal term for urination
"he took a slash";