slit
English
Etymology
From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#SLITCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#SLIT slitten, from Old EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Old English#SLITCategory:English terms derived from Old English#SLIT slītan, from Proto-GermanicCategory:English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#SLITCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Germanic#SLIT *slītaną (“to tear apart”), from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:English terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European#SLITCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#SLIT *(s)leyd- (“to tear, rend (cut apart), split apart”). Possibly cognate with Latin laed- (“to strike, hurt, injure”). Doublet of sliteCategory:English doublets#SLIT; also related to slice through French borrowing. Apparently unrelated to English slot, whose etymology, however, is uncertain.
Pronunciation
Noun
slit (plural slits)Category:English lemmas#SLITCategory:English nouns#SLITCategory:English countable nouns#SLITCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#SLITCategory:Pages with entries#SLITCategory:Pages with 7 entries#SLIT
- 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. […].Category:English terms with quotations#SLIT
- (vulgarCategory:English vulgarities#SLIT) The vulva. [from 1640s]
- 1749, [John Cleland], “[Letter the First]”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], volume I, London: […] [Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], →OCLC, pages 67–68:
- […] I twiſted my thighs, ſqueezed, and compreſs’d the lips of that virgin-ſlit […]Category:English terms with quotations#SLIT
- (synecdochicCategory:English synecdoches#SLIT, vulgarCategory:English vulgarities#SLIT) A woman, usually a sexually loose woman; a prostitute.
Derived terms
- arrowslit
- arrow slit
- dorsal slit
- double-slit experiment
- eyeslit
- gill slit
- microslit
- nanoslit
- piss-slit
- piss slit
- preslit
- slit drum
- slit-eyed
- slit-faced bat
- slit gong
- slit-gong
- slit lamp
- slitless
- slitlet
- slitlike
- slitmask
- slitmouth
- slit-scan
- slitshell
- slit-shell
- slittable
- slitted
- slitter
- slit trench
- slitty
- slitwidth
- slitwise
- unslit
Translations
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Verb
slit (third-person singular simple present slits, present participle slitting, simple past slit, past participle slit or (obsolete) slitten)Category:English lemmas#SLITCategory:English verbs#SLITCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#SLITCategory:Pages with entries#SLITCategory:Pages with 7 entries#SLIT
- To cut a narrow opening.
- He slit the bag open and the rice began pouring out.Category:English terms with usage examples#SLIT
- To split into strips by lengthwise cuts.
- (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#SLIT) 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.Category:English terms with quotations#SLIT
Derived terms
Translations
Adjective
slit (not comparable)Category:English lemmas#SLITCategory:English adjectives#SLITCategory:English uncomparable adjectives#SLITCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#SLITCategory:Pages with entries#SLITCategory:Pages with 7 entries#SLIT
- Having a cut narrow opening.
Anagrams
Category:English strong verbs#SLITCategory:English irregular past participles#SLITCategory:English irregular simple past forms#SLITCategory:English irregular verbs#SLITCategory:English verb forms using redundant wikisyntax#SLIT Category:en:Genitalia#SLITCategory:en:Prostitution#SLITCzech
Pronunciation
Participle
slitCategory:Czech non-lemma forms#SLITCategory:Czech past passive participles#SLITCategory:Czech entries with incorrect language header#SLITCategory:Pages with entries#SLITCategory:Pages with 7 entries#SLIT
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old NorseCategory:Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse#SLITCategory:Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse#SLIT *slit.
Pronunciation
Noun
slit n (genitive singular slits, no plural)Category:Icelandic lemmas#SLITCategory:Icelandic nouns#SLITCategory:Icelandic uncountable nouns#SLITCategory:Icelandic entries with incorrect language header#SLITCategory:Icelandic neuter nouns#SLITCategory:Pages with entries#SLITCategory:Pages with 7 entries#SLIT
Declension
See also
Anagrams
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
slitCategory:Norwegian Bokmål non-lemma forms#SLITCategory:Norwegian Bokmål verb forms#SLITCategory:Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header#SLITCategory:Pages with entries#SLITCategory:Pages with 7 entries#SLIT
- imperative of slite
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
slitCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk non-lemma forms#SLITCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk verb forms#SLITCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#SLITCategory:Pages with entries#SLITCategory:Pages with 7 entries#SLIT
- inflection of slita:
Old English
Pronunciation
Verb
slītCategory:Old English non-lemma forms#SLITCategory:Old English verb forms#SLITCategory:Old English entries with incorrect language header#SLITCategory:Pages with entries#SLITCategory:Pages with 7 entries#SLIT
Swedish
Etymology
Deverbal from slita (“to toil”)Category:Swedish deverbals#SLIT.
Noun
slit nCategory:Swedish lemmas#SLITCategory:Swedish nouns#SLITCategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#SLITCategory:Swedish neuter nouns#SLITCategory:Pages with entries#SLITCategory:Pages with 7 entries#SLIT
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | slit | slits |
| definite | slitet | slitets | |
| plural | indefinite | — | — |
| definite | — | — |
Derived terms
Related terms
Verb
slitCategory:Swedish non-lemma forms#SLITCategory:Swedish verb forms#SLITCategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#SLITCategory:Pages with entries#SLITCategory:Pages with 7 entries#SLIT
- imperative of slita