Slash

slash, v.t. to cut by striking with violence and at random: to make long cuts: to ornament by cutting slits in the cloth in order to show some fine material underneath.— v.i. to strike violently and at random with an edged instrument: to strike right and left: to move rapidly.— n. a long cut: a cut at random: a cut in cloth to show colours underneath: a stripe on a non-commi ioned officer's sleeve: a clearing in a wood.— adj. Slashed , cut with slashes: gashed.— ns. Slash′er , anything which slashes; Slash′ing , a slash in a garment: the felling of trees as a military obstacle, also the trees so felled.— adj. cutting mercile ly, unsparing: dashing: very big, slapping. [O. Fr. eslecher , to dismember—Old High Ger. slīzan , to split.]