rip vs slash

rip

verb
  • To move quickly and destructively. 

  • To mock or criticize (someone or something). (often used with on and into) 

  • To steal; to rip off. 

  • To fart. 

  • To divide or separate the parts of (especially something flimsy, such as paper or fabric), by cutting or tearing; to tear off or out by violence. 

  • To tear apart; to rapidly become two parts. 

  • To surf extremely well. 

  • To get by, or as if by, cutting or tearing. 

  • To take a "hit" of marijuana. 

  • To copy data from a CD, DVD, Internet stream, etc., to a hard drive, portable device, etc. 

  • To move or act fast; to rush headlong. 

  • To cut wood along (parallel to) the grain. 

noun
  • A kind of glissando leading up to the main note to be played. 

  • A type of strong, rough tide or current. 

  • Data or audio copied from a CD, DVD, Internet stream, etc. to a hard drive, portable device, etc. 

  • A handful of unthreshed grain. 

  • A comical, embarrassing, or hypocritical event or action. 

  • A tear (in paper, etc.). 

  • A black mark given for substandard schoolwork. 

  • A hit (dose) of marijuana. 

  • Something ripped off or stolen; a work resulting from plagiarism. 

  • A wicker basket for fish. 

  • A rip current: a strong outflow of surface water, away from the shore, that returns water from incoming waves. 

  • Something unfairly expensive, a rip-off. 

  • A joyride. 

slash

verb
  • To move quickly and violently. 

  • To strike swiftly and laterally with a hockey stick, usually across another player's arms or legs. 

  • To create slashes in a garment. 

  • To criticize cuttingly. 

  • To swing wildly at the ball. 

  • To clear land, (particularly forestry) with violent action such as logging or brushfires or (agriculture, uncommon) through grazing. 

  • To produce a similar wound with a savage strike of a whip. 

  • To write slash fiction. 

  • To piss, to urinate. 

  • To work in wet conditions. 

  • To reduce sharply. 

  • To strike violently and randomly 

  • To crack a whip with a slashing motion. 

  • To cut with a swift broad stroke of an edged weapon. 

noun
  • A hard swift lateral strike with a hockey or lacrosse stick, usually across another player's arms or legs. 

  • A swampy area; a swamp. 

  • A clearing in a forest, (particularly) those made by logging, fire, or other violent action. 

  • Slash fiction. 

  • A cut or laceration, often deep, made by an edged weapon or whip. 

  • A deep taper-pointed incision in a plant. 

  • A piss: an act of urination. 

  • Female genitalia. 

  • A wild swinging strike of the bat. 

  • A swift, broad, cutting stroke made by an edged weapon or whip. 

  • A sharp reduction. 

  • A slit in an outer garment exposing a lining or inner garment, usually of a contrasting color or design; any intentional long vertical cut in a garment. 

  • The slash mark: the punctuation mark ⟨/⟩, sometimes (often proscribed) inclusive of any mark produced by a similar slashing movement of the pen, as the backslash ⟨\⟩. 

  • Any similar wide striking motion. 

  • A large quantity of watery food such as broth. 

  • The loose woody debris remaining from a slash, (particularly forestry) the trimmings left while preparing felled trees for removal. 

conj
  • Used to connect two or more identities in a list. 

  • Used to list alternatives. 

adv
  • Used to note the sound or action of a slash. 

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