slit
nomverbeadjectifcourant dans les dialogues
- //ˈslɪt//
A narrow cut or opening; a slot.
nom
- 1
A narrow cut or opening; a slot.
The face which emerged was not reassuring. It was blunt and grey, the nose springing thick and flat from high on the frontal bone of the forehead, whilst his eyes were narrow slits of dark in a tight bandage of tissue.[…].
- 2
The vulva.
[…]I twiſted my thighs, ſqueezed, and compreſs’d the lips of that virgin-ſlit[…]
- 3
A woman, usually a sexually loose woman; a prostitute.
Étymologie
From Middle English slitten, 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.
verbe
- 1
To cut a narrow opening.
He slit the bag open and the rice began pouring out.
- 2
To split into strips by lengthwise cuts.
- 3
To cut; to sever; to divide.
And slits the thin-spun life.
adjectif
- 1
Having a cut narrow opening.
Formes
- pluriel
- slits
- participe passé
- slitten
- participe présent
- slitting
- 3ᵉ personne du singulier
- slits
slit · A narrow cut or opening; a slot.
Sloan · A surname.Sloane · A surname.slob · A lazy and slovenly or obese person.