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Slatting
is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
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noun
1.
a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.
2.
Aeronautics. a control surface along the leading edge of a wing that can be extended forward to create a gap (slot) to improve airflow.
3.
slats, Slang.
a.
the ribs.
b.
the buttocks.
c.
(initial capital letter) a nickname for a tall, slender man.
verb (used with object)
4.
to furnish or make with slats.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English sclat, slatt a slate < Middle French esclat splinter, fragment; see éclat
1350–1400; Middle English sclat, slatt a slate < Middle French esclat splinter, fragment; see éclat
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Word Origin & History
slat
1382, "a roofing slate," from O.Fr. esclat "split piece, splinter," back-formation from esclater "to break, splinter, burst," probably from Frank. *slaitan "to tear, slit," related to O.H.G. slizan, O.E. slitan (see slit). Meaning "long, thin, narrow piece of wood or metal" attested from 1764.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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