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slits

/ˈslɪts/

slits is the plural of slit.

slits is the third-person singular simple present indicative of slit.

Meaning of slit

Noun

slit (plural slits)

  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.[…].1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 17, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC
  2. (vulgar) The vulva.
    • […]I twiſted my thighs, ſqueezed, and compreſs’d the lips of that virgin-ſlit[…]1749, [John Cleland], “[Letter the First]”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], volume I, London: […] [Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], →OCLC, pages...
  3. (vulgar) A woman, usually a sexually loose woman; a prostitute.

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Questions about slits

What is slits the plural of?
Slits is the plural of slit.
How do you pronounce slits?
Slits is pronounced /ˈslɪts/.

Words near slits in the dictionary

  1. slitlike
  2. slitmask
  3. slitmasks
  4. slitmouth
  5. slitmouths
  6. slits
  7. slits someone's throat
  8. slitshell
  9. slitshells
  10. slittable
  11. slitted

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