[slahys] 
noun, verb, sliced, slic⋅ing.| 1. | a thin, flat piece cut from something: a slice of bread. |
| 2. | a part, portion, or share: a slice of land. |
| 3. | any of various implements with a thin, broad blade or part, as for turning food in a frying pan, serving fish at the table, or taking up printing ink; spatula. |
| 4. | Sports.
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| 5. | Tennis. a stroke executed by hitting down on the ball with an underhand motion and thus creating backspin. |
| 6. | to cut into slices; divide into parts. |
| 7. | to cut through or cleave with or as if with a knife: The ship sliced the sea. |
| 8. | to cut off or remove as a slice or slices (sometimes fol. by off, away, from, etc.). |
| 9. | to remove by means of a slice, slice bar, or similar implement. |
| 10. | Sports. to hit (a ball) so as to result in a slice. |
| 11. | to slice something. |
| 12. | to admit of being sliced. |
| 13. | Sports.
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"No matter how thick or how thin you slice it it's still baloney." [Carl Sandburg, "The People, Yes," 1936]