Word: slit
Word origin: late Old English slite (noun); related to Old English slītan ‘split, rend’ (of Germanic origin).
Phonetic:
slɪt
Listen:
a long, narrow cut or opening. Example: make a slit in the stem under a bud
make a long, narrow cut in. Example: give me the truth or I will slit your throat
form (one's eyes) into slits; squint. Example: she slitted her eyes to look at him
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