slit

Meaning

Noun

1. A narrow cut or opening; a slot.
2. (slang, vulgar) The vulva.
3. (slang, vulgar) A woman, usually a sexually loose woman; a prostitute.

Verb

1. To cut a narrow opening.
2. To split into strips by lengthwise cuts.
3. (transitive) To cut; to sever; to divide.

Adj

Having a cut narrow opening.

Synonyms

cut

crack

slot

hole

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opening

tear

rent

slice

crevice

chink

slash

fissure

cleft

split

incision

twat

cunt

rend

rift

aperture

rip

dent

furrow

saw

🪚

section

chap

snatch

sliver

slaughter

splinter

cut throat

incise

cleave

carve

scission

scratch

pussy

😺

gap

seam

fracture

gash

break

crevasse

notch

rupture

prick

indentation

joint

nick

puss

Translations

Schlitz

fente

abertura

raja

apertura

rendija

fenda

tagliare

fenditura

spleet

feritoia

aufschlitzen

Spalt

yarık

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈslɪt/

Etymology

Inherited from Old English: slītan

Cognate with Latin: laedo

In summary

From Old English slītan, from Proto-Germanic *slītaną (“to tear apart”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leyd- (“to tear, rend (cut apart), split apart”). Possibly cognate with Latin laed- (“to strike, hurt, injure”). Doublet of slite; also related to slice through French borrowing. Apparently unrelated to English slot, whose etymology, however, is uncertain.