Slit

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈslɪt/
• Rhymes: -ɪt

Full definition of slit

Noun

1. A narrow cut or opening; a slot.
• 1963, Margery Allingham, The China Governess Chapter 17, 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. â€¦.
2. (vulgar, slang) The opening of the vagina.
3. (vulgar, slang, derogatory) A woman, usually a sexually loose woman; a prostitute.

Verb

1. To cut a narrow opening.He slit the bag open and the rice began pouring out.
2. To split in two parts.
3. (transitive) To cut; to sever; to divide.
• Milton:And slits the thin-spun life.

Anagrams

• list, lits, silt