slash
1. slash \'slash\ vb [ME slaschen] 1: to cut with rough sweeping strokes
2: CANE, LASH 3: to cut slits in (as a garment) so as to reveal a color
beneath 4: to criticize cuttingly 5: to reduce sharply : CUT : to cut
recklessly or savagely with or as if with an edged blade - slash.er n
2. slash n 1: the act of slashing; also : a long cut or stroke made by
slashin g 2: an ornamental slit in a garment 3: an open tract in a forest
strewn with debris (as from logging); also)X : the debris in such a tract
3. slash n [prob. alter. of plash (marshy pool)] : a low swampy area often
overgrown with brush