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slitting

slitting is the present participle and gerund of slit.

Meaning of slit

Verb

slit (third-person singular simple present slits, present participle slitting, simple past slit, past participle slit or (obsolete) slitten)

  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. (transitive) To cut; to sever; to divide.
    • And slits the thin-spun life.1637 (date written; published 1638), John Milton, “Lycidas”, in Poems of Mr. John Milton, […], London: […] Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Mosely, […], published 1646, →OCLC

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Noun

slitting (plural slittings)

  1. The act by which something is slit.
    • […] the Jack the Ripper murders in Whitechapel, during which prostitutes in the poor areas of 1880s and 1890s London became the victims of an infamous string of throat slittings.2011, Paula Leverage, Theory of Mind and Literature, page 94

Forms of slitting

pluralslittings

Words formed from slitting

Phrases with slitting

Questions about slitting

What does slitting mean?
Slitting means the act by which something is slit.
What is slitting the present participle and gerund of?
Slitting is the present participle and gerund of slit.
What part of speech is slitting?
Slitting is a noun.
What is the plural of slitting?
The plural of slitting is slittings.

Words near slitting in the dictionary

  1. slittered
  2. slitters
  3. slittier
  4. slittiest
  5. slittiness
  6. slitting
  7. slitting mill
  8. slitting mills
  9. slitting someone's throat
  10. slittings
  11. slitty

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