Slash — Defs

01 v. t. To cut by striking violently and at random; to cut in long slits.

imp. & p. p. Slashed; p. pr. & vb. n. Slashing

1.
To cut by striking violently and at random; to cut in long slits.
2.
To lash; to ply the whip to.[R.]
3.
To crack or snap, as a whip.[R.]

02 v. i. To strike violently and at random, esp. with an edged instrument; to lay about one indiscriminately with blows; to cut hastily and carelessly.

1.
To strike violently and at random, esp. with an edged instrument; to lay about one indiscriminately with blows; to cut hastily and carelessly.
“Hewing and slashing at their idle shades.” — Spenser.

03 n. A long cut; a cut made at random.

1.
A long cut; a cut made at random.
2.
A large slit in the material of any garment, made to show the lining through the openings.
3.
Swampy or wet lands overgrown with bushes.[Local, U.S.]
4.
A opening or gap in a forest made by wind, fire, or other destructive agency.
“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.” — Henry Van Dyke.