Definition of "slash" [slash]

• To cut or form by cutting with forceful sweeping strokes: slash a path through the underbrush. (verb-transitive)
• To lash with sweeping strokes. (verb-transitive)
• To make a gash or gashes in. (verb-transitive)
• Sports To swing a stick at (an opponent) in ice hockey or lacrosse, in violation of the rules. (verb-transitive)
• To cut a slit or slits in, especially so as to reveal an underlying color: slash a sleeve. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "I don’t ever remember reading about pliers or vomit in a Penthouse Letters column, but I’ve seen plenty of “hurt/comfort”? slash some people claim that term is where ’slash’ comes from."
• "I don’t ever remember reading about pliers or vomit in a Penthouse Letters column, but I’ve seen plenty of “hurt/comfort” slash some people claim that term is where ’slash’ comes from."
• "There was a time when the term slash and burn brought to mind a form of shifting cultivation practised from ancient times."
• "I don’t ever remember reading about pliers or vomit in a Penthouse Letters column, but I’ve seen plenty of “hurt/comfort”? slash some people claim that term is where ’slash’ comes from."
• "I don’t ever remember reading about pliers or vomit in a Penthouse Letters column, but I’ve seen plenty of “hurt/comfort” slash some people claim that term is where ’slash’ comes from."
• "The term slash comes from the way those stories were labeled with a slash (K/S) instead of an ampersand."