slashing

noun, adj — 4 senses

slashing

noun

US /ˈslæʃɪŋ/

Etymology From slash + -ing.

1

The action of something that slashes.

The criminal gang carried out razor slashings on their enemies.

2

Business, Forestry In plural slash (woody debris)

3

Ball games, Games, Hobbies, Ice hockey, Lacrosse, Lifestyle, Skating, Sports The penalty called for using the stick to slash an opposing player.

slashing

adj

Etymology From slash + -ing.

1

Dated, Informal Powerfully excellent.

Lindsay might be seedy […] or I might by some unlooked-for providence suddenly develop a slashing game.1902, Robert Marshall Grade, The Haunted Major:
‘...Got it this time, Edmund; a slashing bit of work.’1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 56:

Derived terms: slashingly

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