slit

See also: slít and șliț

English

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Etymology

From Old English slītan, from Proto-Germanic *slītaną (“to tear apart”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leyd- (“to tear, rend (cut apart), split apart”). Possibly cognate with Latin laed- (“to strike, hurt, injure”). Doublet of slite; also related to slice through French borrowing. Apparently unrelated to English slot, whose etymology, however, is uncertain.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈslɪt/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɪt

Noun

slit (plural slits)

1. A narrow cut or opening; a slot.
   • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 17, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:

     The face which emerged was not reassuring. It was blunt and grey, the nose springing thick and flat from high on the frontal bone of the forehead, whilst his eyes were narrow slits of dark in a tight bandage of tissue. […].

2. (vulgar) The vulva. [from 1640s]
   • 1749, [John Cleland], “[Letter the First]”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], volume I, London: […] [Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], →OCLC, pages 67–68:

     […] I twiſted my thighs, ſqueezed, and compreſs’d the lips of that virgin-ſlit […]

3. (synecdochically, vulgar) A woman, usually a sexually loose woman; a prostitute.

Derived terms

• arrow slit
• dorsal slit
• double-slit experiment
• gill slit
• piss slit
• piss-slit
• slit drum
• slit-eyed
• slit-faced bat
• slit-gong
• slit gong
• slit lamp
• slitless
• slitlike
• slit-scan
• slit-shell
• slitted
• slit trench

Translations

narrow cut or opening; a slot

Bulgarian: шлиц (bg) m (šlic), цепка (bg) f (cepka) Chinese: Mandarin: 狭缝 (xiáfèng) Czech: škvíra (cs) f, skulina f, štěrbina (cs) f Dutch: spleet (nl) f, gleuf (nl) f Esperanto: fendo Estonian: pilu Finnish: viilto (fi) French: fente (fr) Galician: fenda (gl) f, regaña f German: Nut (de) f, Schlitz (de) m, Spalt (de) m Italian: fessura (it) f Macedonian: про́цеп m (prócep), це́пка f (cépka) Maori: hahae, haenga Occitan: fenda (oc) f, dobertura (oc) f, fendascla f Ottoman Turkish: فتق (fıtık), چاك (çâk) Plautdietsch: Schlerz f Portuguese: greta (pt), ranhura (pt) Russian: щель (ru) f (ščelʹ), разре́з (ru) m (razréz) Spanish: ranura (es) f, tajo (es) m, rendija (es) f, fisura (es) Ukrainian: щі́лина f (ščílyna), шпари́на f (šparýna)

vulgar, slang: vulva

Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can Dutch: spleet (nl) f Esperanto: fendo Estonian: pilu Finnish: viiva (fi) French: vulve (fr), fente (fr) f Galician: fenda (gl) f German: Schlitz (de) m, Schamritze f, Ritze (de) f, Schamspalte f, Spalte (de) f Portuguese: racha (pt) Russian: щёлка (ru) f (ščólka) Spanish: raja (es), rayita f Volapük: kunudaslitod f

vulgar, slang: a derogatory name for a woman, usually a sexually loose woman; a prostitute

Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can Dutch: slet (nl) f Russian: мокрощёлка (ru) f (mokroščólka)

Verb

slit (third-person singular simple present slits, present participle slitting, simple past slit, past participle slit or (obsolete) slitten)

1. To cut a narrow opening.

   He slit the bag open and the rice began pouring out.

2. To split into strips by lengthwise cuts.
3. (transitive) To cut; to sever; to divide.
   • 1637, John Milton, “Lycidas”, in Poems of Mr. John Milton, […], London: […] Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Mosely, […], published 1646, →OCLC:

     And slits the thin-spun life.

Derived terms

• slit one's throat
• slit someone's throat

Translations

cut a narrow opening

Arabic: قَطَعَ (ar) (qaṭaʕa), شَطَبَ (ar) (šaṭaba), شَرَطَ (šaraṭa) Bulgarian: цепя (bg) (cepja), разцепвам (bg) (razcepvam) Czech: rozříznout pf, proříznout pf Dutch: opensnijden (nl) Finnish: viiltää (fi) German: schlitzen (de), aufschlitzen (de), zerschlitzen (de) Italian: fendere (it) Maori: hāpara, hōripi, hōripiripi, hae, hori Spanish: degollar (es) (a throat), despescuezar (a neck), espescuezar (a neck) Turkish: kesmek (tr)

split into strips

Bulgarian: разрязвам (bg) (razrjazvam) Dutch: splijten (nl), opensnijden (nl) Finnish: leikata suikaleiksi Galician: esgallar (gl), fender (gl), rachar German: trennen (de), auftrennen (de), teilen (de), zerteilen (de) Hebrew: חתך (he) (khatákh), פיצל (pitsél) Indonesian: mengiris (id) Japanese: 切る (ja) (きる, kiru) Portuguese: fender (pt), rachar (pt)

Adjective

slit (not comparable)

1. Having a cut narrow opening.

Anagrams

• &lits, List, list, lits, silt, tils

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈslɪt]

Participle

slit

1. masculine singular passive participle of slít

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse *slit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stlɪːt/
• Rhymes: -ɪːt

Noun

slit n (genitive singular slits, no plural)

1. wear and tear

Declension

Declension of slit (sg-only neuter)

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	slit	slitið
accusative	slit	slitið
dative	sliti	slitinu
genitive	slits	slitsins

See also

• slitna

Anagrams

• list

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

slit

1. imperative of slite

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

slit

1. inflection of slita:
   1. present
   2. imperative

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sliːt/

Verb

slīt

1. third-person singular present indicative of slīdan

Swedish

Etymology

Deverbal from slita (“to toil”).

Noun

slit n

1. toil, labour (grueling work)

Declension

Declension of slit

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	slit	slits
	definite	slitet	slitets
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Derived terms

• slit och släp

Related terms

• slita
• slitig
• slitsam

Verb

slit

1. imperative of slita

Anagrams

• list, lits, silt, stil