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slit

Pronunciation: /ˈslɪt/

The English word “slit” has 7 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A narrow cut or opening; a slot.
  2. The vulva.
  3. A woman, usually a sexually loose woman; a prostitute.

verb

  1. To cut a narrow opening.
  2. To split into strips by lengthwise cuts.
  3. To cut; to sever; to divide.

adjective

  1. Having a cut narrow opening.

Etymology

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.

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