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slit

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1. slit - Noun

2. slit - Adjective

3. slit - Verb

Meaning

3d. pers. sing. pres. of Slide.

of Slit

To cut lengthwise; to cut into long pieces or strips; as, to slit iron bars into nail rods; to slit leather into straps.

To cut or make a long fissure in or upon; as, to slit the ear or the nose.

To cut; to sever; to divide.

A long cut; a narrow opening; as, a slit in the ear.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Some mysteries are better off with their throats slit. Scott Lynch

His wedding gift, clasped round my throat. A choker of rubies, two inches wide, like an extraordinarily precious slit throat. Angela Carter

Oprah is rich; Bill Gates is wealthy. If Bill Gates woke up tomorrow with Oprah's money, he'd jump out of a window and slit his throat on the way down saying, 'I can't even put gas in my plane!' Chris Rock

Just remember the guy who slit Danny Pearl's throat is in Gitmo, and now they're doing it on TV... In order to be an effective president... when you say something you have to mean it... You've got to kill them. George W. Bush

The lyf so short, the craft so longe to lerne. Th' assay so hard, so sharp the conquerynge, The dredful joye, alwey that slit so yerne; Al this mene I be love. Geoffrey Chaucer

A running man can slit a thousand throats in one night. Klingon Proverb

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