slash

Definition

  • verb: to make a long cut in (something) with a knife or other sharp weapon
  • verb: to lash out, cut, or thrash about with or as if with an edged blade
  • synonyms: lash, gash, reprove

Examples

  • The company has 'slashed' prices to increase sales.

  • He cut my cheek with a quick 'slash' of the knife.

  • He got out of the car to 'have/take a slash'.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) It was quite a storm we had. It was right in the middle of a game. We were behind-seven to six. We'd just started to move the ball, made a tackle. It was gonna cut right in, slash through, slashed right in, cut right through... And... We had this kid - Slattery. He was an ox. A real ox. (..)
    1957 12 Angry Men
  • (..) Raj,blow the gates. Blowing the gates. Control,shift... b! oh,my god,so many goblins! Don't just stand there,slash and move,slash and move! Stay in formation! Leonard,you got one on your tail. That's all right,my tail's prehensile- - I'll swat him off. (..)
    2007 TvShow: The Big Bang Theory Title: The Fuzzy Boots Corollary Season: 1 Episode 3
  • (..) anyway,I was thinking more of a bio- social exploration with a neuro- chemical overlay. Wait,are you asking me out? I was going to characterize it as the modification of our colleague- slash- friendship paradigm with the addition of a date like component, but we don't need to (..)
    2007 TvShow: The Big Bang Theory Title: The Fuzzy Boots Corollary Season: 1 Episode 3