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Meanings of slit in English

Portuguese
xoxota
Catalan
patata
Spanish
patata

Obscene terms for female genitals.

        xoxota
        Catalan
        rascada

        A depression scratched or carved into a surface.

              rascada
              Portuguese
              cortar
              Catalan
              fendre

              To make a clean cut through.

                    cortar
                    Usage of slit in English
                    1
                    From a second arrow slit, she caught a glimpse of the sea.
                    The spurned viscountess
                    2
                    Pushed the point under the sealing tape and slit the top open.
                    Jack Reacher 01 - Killing Floor
                    3
                    Every few minutes he looked through the slit in the snow wall.
                    The Country Beyond: A Romance of the Wilderness
                    4
                    Important enough to slit open every beanbag chair in Ray's living room.
                    The Stowaway
                    5
                    Then the Stormlord lifted his free hand and pointed toward the slit.
                    Winter door
                    6
                    With great generosity I allowed her to place it in the slit.
                    Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, November 28, 1917
                    7
                    The narrow slit window in the far wall appeared to be changing.
                    Blood and Bone
                    8
                    The chamber was gloomy, more arrow-slit windows looking out across the city.
                    Sovereign
                    9
                    Now see what happens when the slit is offset to the right.
                    Alice in quantumland: an allegory of quantum physics
                    10
                    And indeed without any hesitation at all he slit open Kawamura's belly.
                    Kafka on the Shore
                    11
                    B, exit in epigastrium near mid-line; irregular slit form, with well-marked prominence.
                    Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 / Being Mainly a...
                    12
                    A soldier lept off his horse and slit a skin house open.
                    Sympathy for the devil
                    13
                    Ye look right a dandy in blue silk doublet and slit pantaloons.
                    Heaven and the heather
                    14
                    Then he'd drop the letter unopened through the slit into the box.
                    The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume I
                    15
                    We leave a nice narrow slit at the front, and we're set.
                    Transfer of power
                    16
                    This shadow also hid from my view the shadow of the slit.
                    The Lock and Key Library: The Most Interesting Stories of All Na...
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                    Translations for slit
                    Slit through the time
                    Slit across language varieties
                    United States of America
                    Common
                    United Kingdom
                    Common
                    Ireland
                    Less common