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slashing

adjective

No English definition recorded for this entry.

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈslæʃɪŋ/

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree English slash English -ing English slashing From slash + -ing.

  1. Powerfully excellent.

    “Lindsay might be seedy […] or I might by some unlooked-for providence suddenly develop a slashing game.”

    “‘...Got it this time, Edmund; a slashing bit of work.’”

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English slash English -ing English slashing From slash + -ing.

  1. The action of something that slashes.

    “The criminal gang carried out razor slashings on their enemies.”

  2. slash (woody debris)
  3. The penalty called for using the stick to slash an opposing player.

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree English slash English -ing English slashing From slash + -ing.

  1. present participle and gerund of slash