: a long narrow cut or opening
slit
adjective
a slit skirt [=a skirt with a vertical slit at the hem]
slit; slitting
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: to cut into long narrow strips
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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Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 8 Sep. 2025
The buttons stopped at her waist, creating a sultry thigh-high slit that allowed her leg to peek through.
—Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 29 Aug. 2025
When Rochelle Luna, 18, arrived at the house hours later, Djerf bound, gagged and raped her before stabbing her and slitting her throat, the brief said.
—Perry Vandell, AZCentral.com, 20 Aug. 2025
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Noun
Megan Moroney rocked a Saulee halter top adorned with strands of rhinestones, and completed her look with a long white maxi skirt which included a thigh-baring slit.
—Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 8 Sep. 2025
The buttons stopped at her waist, creating a sultry thigh-high slit that allowed her leg to peek through.
—Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
That's when the state is planning to put Ralph Menzies to death for the murder of 25-year-old Maurine Hunsaker, a married mother of three who was found tied to a tree with her throat slit nearly 40 years ago.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 29 Aug. 2025
When Rochelle Luna, 18, arrived at the house hours later, Djerf bound, gagged and raped her before stabbing her and slitting her throat, the brief said.
—Perry Vandell, AZCentral.com, 20 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for slit
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“Slit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slit. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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