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    Slit

    Definitions

    1 | noun | a long narrow opening 2 | noun | obscene terms for female genitals 3 | noun | a depression scratched or carved into a surface 4 | noun | a narrow fissure 5 | verb | make a clean cut through 6 | verb | cut a slit into (6 meanings)

    Pronunciation

    sl'it (IPA: slˈɪt)

    Hyphenation

    slit (no hyphenation) (4 letters | 1 syllable)

    First known use in English

    1250 (High Middle ages) (775 years ago)

    Word origins

    Old English |

    Word frequency history

    Inflected forms

    slits | slitting

    Synonyms

    puss | dent | incision | scratch | slice (total: 5)

    Narrower terms

    jag | slot | vent | score | scotch (total: 5)

    Broader terms

    opening | fanny | female genitalia | female genital organ | female genitals | depression | impression | imprint | cleft | crack | crevice | fissure | scissure | cut | incise (total: 15)

    Rhymes

    acquit | admit | befit | bit | brit | britt | chit | commit | emit | fit | flit | grit | hit | kit | knit | ... (total: 37) (based on typical American pronunciation)

    Lexically close words

    flit | skit | slat | slid | slim | slip | slot | slut | snit | spit | split | suit (total: 12)

    Anagrams

    list | silt

    Phrases

    gill slit | pudendal slit | slit lamp | slit trench | vulvar slit (total: 5)

    Translations

    Mandarin Chinese: | 裂縫 (noun) Hindi: | चीर (noun) Arabic: | شِقّ (noun) Spanish: | rendija (opening) | raja (opening) | hendidura (opening) | rajadura (skirt) | corte (paper) French: | fente (opening) | rainure (opening) | fissure (opening) | fente (skirt) | entaille (paper) | encoche (paper) | fente (paper)

    Other notable uses

    slit.net | slit.info | slit.biz

    Crossword puzzle clues

    Buttonhole | Buttonhole, e.g. | Buttonhole, essentially | Cat's eye, sometimes | Crack | Cut | Cut in a skirt | Cut like a letter opener | Cut open | Eye opening for a squint | Eye opening, maybe | ... (total: 31) (based on all New York Times crossword puzzles 1994 to 2009)

    Scrabble score

    4 (International English) | 4 (North American English)

    Phone keypad digits

    (???) ???-7548

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