slashing

English

Etymology

slash +‎ -ing

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈslæʃɪŋ/

Verb

slashing

1. present participle and gerund of slash

Noun

slashing (countable and uncountable, plural slashings)

1. The action of something that slashes.

   The criminal gang carried out razor slashings on their enemies.

2. (forestry, in the plural) slash (woody debris)

Adjective

slashing (comparative more slashing, superlative most slashing)

1. (informal, dated) Powerfully excellent.

   Synonym: sizzling

   • 1902, Robert Marshall Grade, The Haunted Major:

     Lindsay might be seedy […] or I might by some unlooked-for providence suddenly develop a slashing game.

   • 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 56:

     ‘...Got it this time, Edmund; a slashing bit of work.’

Anagrams

• Singhals, ashlings, hassling, lashings, slangish