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Word entry · 4 letters

slit

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"Thin opening"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /ˈslɪt/Part of speech verb, nounSorted ilstStarts with SEnds with T1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Narrow cut, opening, or long thin gap.

Word origin

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.

Used in a sentence

  • […]I twiſted my thighs, ſqueezed, and compreſs’d the lips of that virgin-ſlit[…]
    Fanny Hill
  • He slit the bag open and the rice began pouring out.
  • And slits the thin-spun life.

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