Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗Used to connect two or more identities in a list. · Used to list alternatives.
To cut with a swift broad stroke of an edged weapon. · To produce a similar wound with a savage strike of a whip. · To strike swiftly and laterally with a hockey stick, usually across another player's arms or legs. · To reduce sharply.
A swift, broad cutting stroke, especially one made with an edged weapon or whip. · A wide striking motion made with an implement such as a cricket bat, hockey stick, or lacrosse stick. · A sharp reduction in resources allotted. · A deep cut or laceration, as made by an edged weapon or whip.
Used to note the sound or action of a slash.
Late Middle English, originally a verb of uncertain etymology. Perhaps of imitative origin, or possibly from Old French esclachier (“to break in pieces”), a variant of esclater, which is likely a Germanic borrowing, from Frankish *slaitan (“to slit, tear”). Used in the Wycliffe Bible as slascht (see 1 Kings 5:18) but otherwise unattested until 16th century. Conjunctive use from various applications of the punctuation mark ⟨/⟩. See also slash fiction.
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- Derivation mentionesclachierfro
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