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slit

  [slit] verb, slit, slit⋅ting, noun
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–verb (used with object)
1. to cut apart or open along a line; make a long cut, fissure, or opening in.
2. to cut or rend into strips; split.
–noun
3. a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
Origin:
1175–1225; ME slitte (n.), slitten (v.); c. G schlitzen to split, slit; akin to OE slite a slit, geslit a bite, slītan to split; see slice

Related forms:
slitless, adjective
slitlike, adjective
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slit   (slĭt)   
n.  A long, straight, narrow cut or opening.
tr.v.   slit, slit·ting, slits

  1. To make a slit or slits in.

  2. To cut lengthwise into strips; split.


[Middle English slitte, from slitten, to split, from Old English slītan, to cut up.]
slit'ter n., slit'ty adj.
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Word Origin & History

slit  (v.)
O.E. slitan "cut or tear up, slit," from P.Gmc. *slitanan (cf. O.S. slitan, O.N. slita, M.L.G., M.Du. sliten, Du. slijten, O.H.G. slizan, Ger. schleißen "to slit"). The noun is attested from c.1250. Slang sense of "vulva" is attested from 1648. Slit skirt is attested from 1913.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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