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thin-slices

thin-slices is the third-person singular simple present indicative of thin-slice.

Meaning of thin-slice

Verb

thin-slice (third-person singular simple present thin-slices, present participle thin-slicing, simple past and past participle thin-sliced)

  1. (ambitransitive) To make quick inferences about something through thin-slicing.
    • If you've ever changed seats on a train or crossed the road to avoid someone, because there was something "not quite right about them", you've used your ability to thin-slice. […] but we thin-slice people in all kinds of situations, not just when we feel threatened.2009 March 7, Rosie Ifould, “Acting on impulse”, in The Guardian

Questions about thin-slices

What is thin-slices the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Thin-slices is the third-person singular simple present indicative of thin-slice.

Words near thin-slices in the dictionary

  1. thin-layer chromatography
  2. thin-skinned
  3. thin-skinnedness
  4. thin-slice
  5. thin-sliced
  6. thin-slices
  7. thin-slicing
  8. thinbladed
  9. thinck
  10. thinclad
  11. thinclads

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