slit

Meanings

Noun

• A narrow cut or opening; a slot.
• The opening of the vagina.
• A woman, usually a sexually loose woman; a prostitute.

Verb

• To cut a narrow opening.
• To split into strips by lengthwise cuts.
• To cut; to sever; to divide.

Adjective

• Having a cut narrow opening

Origin

• From Old English slītan, from Proto-Germanic *slītaną ("to tear apart"), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leyd- ("to tear, [[rend#Verb"). Possibly cognate with Latin laedo ("to strike, hurt, injure").