slit
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English
Etymology
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
Noun
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 opening of the vagina.
- (vulgar, slang, derogatory) A woman, usually a sexually loose woman; a prostitute.
Derived terms
Translations
narrow cut or opening; a slot
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vulgar, slang: opening of the vagina
vulgar, slang: a derogatory name for a woman, usually a sexually loose woman; a prostitute
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Verb
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
cut a narrow opening
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split into strips
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Adjective
slit (not comparable)
- Having a cut narrow opening
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Czech
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Participle
slit
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse *slit.
Pronunciation
Noun
slit n (genitive singular slits, no plural)
Declension
declension of slit
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Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
slit
- imperative of slite
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
slit
- inflection of slita:
Swedish
Etymology
Deverbal from slita (“to toil”).
Noun
slit n
Declension
| Declension of slit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncountable | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | |||
| Nominative | slit | slitet | — | — |
| Genitive | slits | slitets | — | — |
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Verb
slit
- imperative of slita