slit

CEFRB2

/ˈslɪt/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A long, narrow cut or opening.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A woman, usually a sexually loose woman; a prostitute.

Examples

  • Her skirt has a slit on one side.

  • The police think that Tom was stabbed before his throat was slit.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
3

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The vulva.

  2. A narrow cut or opening; a slot.

verb

Extra meaning

  1. To cut a narrow opening.

More examples

In context

  • He slit the bag open and the rice began pouring out.

  • Tom slit Mary's throat.

  • […]I twiſted my thighs, ſqueezed, and compreſs’d the lips of that virgin-ſlit[…]

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He used a sharp knife to blank the bag open and steal the money inside.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English slitten, 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. Apparently unrelated to English slot, whose etymology, however, is uncertain.