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\Definition of slit
(Entry 1 of 2)
: a long narrow cut or opening
slit
verbslit; slitting
Definition of slit (Entry 2 of 2)
2 : to cut into long narrow strips
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Other Words from slit
Noun
slit adjective
a slit skirt [=a skirt with a vertical slit at the hem]
slitless \ ˈslit-ləs \ adjective
\ adjectiveVerb
slitter noun
Examples of slit in a Sentence
Noun
You could see through the slit in the fence.
The skirt has a slit on one side.
a dress with a slit skirt Verb
I slit the bag open at the top.
The bag of seeds had been slit open.
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Recent Examples on the Web: Noun The morning after, Cassie wakes up to find Alex dead, his throat slit, the sheets bloodied.
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Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, "A Hot Mess Caught in a Caper in “The Flight Attendant”," 28 Dec. 2020 Per @styleforkkw, Kim wore a custom Schiaparelli look, consisting of a forest green, hard-shell, corset top, and a velvet wrap skirt featuring a dramatic leg slit.
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Amy Mackelden, Harper's BAZAAR, "The Kardashian-Jenner Clan's Christmas Party Gowns Will Make Your Jaw Drop," 26 Dec. 2020 The males, left to forage, fed their families through a slit in the clay barrier.
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Yao-hua Law, The Atlantic, "Helmeted Hornbills Are Very Picky About Their Nests," 16 Dec. 2020 For some kinds of research the image of a star, picked up by the great light-gathering eye, must pass through a slit one thousandth of an inch wide.
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Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, "The Wonders of Astronomy: The Cutting Edge Space Telescope...of 1939," 17 Dec. 2020 Lopez then handed it to Del Cid, who added olive and a slit of red bell pepper before wrapping the tamale and placing it in a large pot.
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Los Angeles Times, "Sagging tamale sales could hint at fewer Christmas gatherings as COVID surges," 16 Dec. 2020 Each spiral is a product of an editing technique called slit-scan photography.
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Leslie Nemo, Scientific American, "Slit-Scan Technique Presents a Twist on Flowery Photography," 10 Dec. 2020 At the shower, Matthews showed off her baby bump in a pink dress featuring a thigh-high slit — which matched perfectly with the shower's festive pink decorations for their baby girl on the way.
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Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com, "See Patrick Mahomes' Sweet Message to Fiancée Brittany Matthews During Her 'Perfect' Baby Shower," 9 Dec. 2020 Next, use a utility knife to cut a small slit in the heat mat and pull through the metal floor-sensing probe that’s attached to the mat.
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Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, "How to Install Electric Radiant-Floor Heat," 25 Nov. 2020 Recent Examples on the Web: Verb After yet another blackout binge, Cassie wakes up next to Alex to find that his throat has been slit wide open.
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Hank Stuever, Washington Post, "As a fast-paced caper, ‘The Flight Attendant’ soars. As a story about alcoholism, well, there’s turbulence.," 25 Nov. 2020 Last month, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesman tweeted a Chinese artist’s fabricated image of an Australian soldier poised to slit the throat of an Afghan child.
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Chris Buckley, New York Times, "China’s Combative Nationalists See a World Turning Their Way," 14 Dec. 2020 The Henning and Birch cases are notorious among defense lawyers because of the lack of evidence from a particularly savage attack - Carr was beaten, stabbed 27 times and his jugular vein was slit.
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Edmund H. Mahony, courant.com, "Two former state prison inmates, whose murder convictions were reversed by the Supreme Court, file civil rights suits against police, Henry Lee," 2 Dec. 2020 The defense knew that Wheeler, claiming that the group threatened to slit his throat, could very well have the sympathy of the jury; the defendants needed a defendant.
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Carrie Hagen, Smithsonian Magazine, "The Courageous Tale of Jane Johnson, Who Risked Her Freedom for Those Who Helped Her Escape Slavery," 16 Nov. 2020 That night, a group of robbers grabbed him outside, stabbed him multiple times and slit his throat, then stole his phone and wallet and escaped on a motorbike.
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Washington Post, "Afghanistan’s one-man crusade to combat Kabul’s crime wave," 4 Nov. 2020 An official said one man’s throat was slit while a woman’s throat was cut in what looked like an attempt to decapitate her.
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Noemie Bisserbe And Sam Schechner, WSJ, "France Terrorist Attack: What Happened in Nice at the Notre Dame Basilica?," 29 Oct. 2020 Struggles take place, bones are broken, wrists are slit with a box cutter and things reach the point of no return.
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Troy L. Smith, cleveland, "30 best horror movie scenes of the 21st century," 29 Oct. 2020 Decades later, the paperback edition of Spring Collection still arouses me: A tall, thin woman who is clearly a model strides across the cover, wearing a glamorous white ‘90s dress, slit open to the top of her right thigh.
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Sanderskristin, Longreads, "The Power of a Judith Krantz Sex Scene," 21 Oct. 2020
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More Definitions for slit
slit
nounEnglish Language Learners Definition of slit
(Entry 1 of 2)
: a long, narrow cut or opening in something
slit
verbEnglish Language Learners Definition of slit (Entry 2 of 2)
: to make a long, narrow cut or opening in (something) with a sharp object
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slit
noun\ ˈslit \
\Kids Definition of slit
(Entry 1 of 2)
: a long narrow cut or opening
slit
verbslit; slitting
Kids Definition of slit (Entry 2 of 2)
: to make a long narrow cut in : slash
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