Slash | Mean of slash in English Dictionary

/ˈslæʃ/

• Verb
• to make a long cut in (something) with a knife or other sharp weapon
1. Someone slashed his car's tires.
2. He threatened to slash the man's throat.
• to make (a path) by cutting plants
1. She slashed a path through the underbrush.
2. They slashed their way through the jungle.
• to reduce (something) by a large amount
1. The company has slashed prices to increase sales.
2. Funding for the program was slashed.

• to attack (someone or something) violently with a knife or other sharp weapon
1. He slashed at me with a knife.
• Noun
• a thin and usually long cut made with a knife or other sharp object
1. There was a horrible slash on his arm.
• a quick movement with a sharp knife or weapon to cut someone or something
1. He cut my cheek with a quick slash of the knife.
• a patch or line of bright light or color
1. slashes of sunlight on a wall
2. a dark painting with a slash of red
• the mark / that is used to mean “or” (as in and/or), “and or” (as in bottles/cans), or “per” (as in kilometers/hour) or as a division sign in fractions (as in ³/₄)
• an act of urinating
1. He got out of the car to have/take a slash.