to slit
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2.8
- verb
- /slɪt/
:
hacer un corte (en)
- Catching a goat, he would mark the animal by slitting its ears and let it go.
- slit someone's throat
- slit someone's ear
So Simon is like, they're gonna slit my girlfriend's throat.
- So Simon is like, they're gonna slit my girlfriend's throat.
- I literally just slit my hand on like this heavy cardboard.
- I mean, I seen risks being slit and a lot of bad things.
- This the, you know, the old slit your wrist cast right here.
- Everything you can take your laptop and slit somebody's head.
- Oh, God, God, that would really slit you right open like a fish fillet.
- A woman's throat was slit, manner, innards were were thrown out.
- I've been with people that slit their throat in there because it's getting too much.
- And yet if I tell her, you know, if you leave me, I will slit my wrists and die like Frankie Pentangeli.
- Luke practiced on, slit its throat and hung it at our front door, as you would like.
- A woman had her throat slit out here, was pushed off the side of the Canyon, left for dead.
Examples
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A single sheet of white typing paper fell out when I slit open the envelope.
Fiction book (1991) -
Then he took out his tobacco pouch, slit the lining, and slipped the packet inside.
Fiction book (1990) -
You take a a generic Twinkie and you slit it long ways as if it were a hot dog bun.
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To prepare the avocado, carefully slit the skin along its length to remove the flesh.
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After you slit the bag, be sure to pour the contents carefully to avoid spilling.
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He slit the cardboard box to retrieve the items inside.
Synonyms
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1.0
To divide something using a sharp tool, often into pieces
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1.0
To cut something into thin flat pieces with a knife
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2.3
To make something into smaller pieces using a knife or tool
51
3.0
To go straight across a place, for example through land or a crowd
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4.1
Cut or move quickly and smoothly through air and water
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4.2
Move a sharp object into something to cut it
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5.1
To make a long narrow cut or channel in a surface
To cut deep into a surface to make patterns or letters
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How Deep
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Etymology
Slit as a verb comes from the same old word for 'to tear', so it literally means 'to make a long, narrow cut'. That's why you can say someone 'slit' an envelope or 'slit' fabric when they cut a thin opening.