slit
English
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Etymology
[edit]From Old English slītan, from Proto-Germanic *slītaną (“to tear apart”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leyd- (“to tear, rend (cut apart), split apart”). Possibly cognate with Latin laed- (“to strike, hurt, injure”). Doublet of slite; also related to slice through French borrowing.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]slit (plural slits)
- A narrow cut or opening; a slot.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 17, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
- The face which emerged was not reassuring. It was blunt and grey, the nose springing thick and flat from high on the frontal bone of the forehead, whilst his eyes were narrow slits of dark in a tight bandage of tissue. […].
- (vulgar, slang) The vulva.
- (vulgar, slang, derogatory) A woman, usually a sexually loose woman; a prostitute.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]narrow cut or opening; a slot
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vulgar, slang: vulva
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vulgar, slang: a derogatory name for a woman, usually a sexually loose woman; a prostitute
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Verb
[edit]slit (third-person singular simple present slits, present participle slitting, simple past slit, past participle slit or (obsolete) slitten)
- To cut a narrow opening.
- He slit the bag open and the rice began pouring out.
- To split into strips by lengthwise cuts.
- (transitive) To cut; to sever; to divide.
- 1637, John Milton, “Lycidas”, in Poems of Mr. John Milton, […], London: […] Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Mosely, […], published 1646, →OCLC:
- And slits the thin-spun life.
Translations
[edit]cut a narrow opening
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split into strips
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Adjective
[edit]slit (not comparable)
- Having a cut narrow opening
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[edit]slit
Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse *slit.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]slit n (genitive singular slits, no plural)
Declension
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[edit]Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Verb
[edit]slit
- imperative of slite
Norwegian Nynorsk
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[edit]slit
- inflection of slita:
Old English
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[edit]Verb
[edit]slīt
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Deverbal from slita (“to toil”).
Noun
[edit]slit n
Declension
[edit]| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | slit | slits |
| definite | slitet | slitets | |
| plural | indefinite | — | — |
| definite | — | — |
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[edit]Verb
[edit]slit
- imperative of slita
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