Slash \Slash\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slashed; p. pr. & vb. n. Slashing.]

[OE. slaschen, of uncertain origin; cf. OF. esclachier to break, esclechier, esclichier, to break, and E. slate, slice, slit, v. t.]

1. To cut by striking violently and at random; to cut in long slits.

2. To lash; to ply the whip to. [R.]

--King.

3. To crack or snap, as a whip. [R.]

--Dr. H. More.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)