- 1a sharp movement made with a knife, etc. in order to cut someone or something
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- 2a long narrow wound or cut a slash across his right cheek (figurative) Her mouth was a slash of red lipstick.
- 3the symbol (/) used to show alternatives, as in lunch and/or dinner and 4/5 people and to write fractions, as in ¾ synonym forward slash see backslash
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