: a long narrow cut or opening
slit
adjective
a slit skirt [=a skirt with a vertical slit at the hem]
slit; slitting
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2
: to cut into long narrow strips
slitter
noun
Examples of slit in a Sentence
Noun
You could see through the slit in the fence.
The skirt has a slit on one side.
a dress with a slit skirt
Verb
I slit the bag open at the top.
The bag of seeds had been slit open.
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Julia Teti, Footwear News, 13 May 2025
In 2023, Heidi Klum arrived in a boob-baring Zuhair Murad look featuring thigh-high slits and dramatic wings, while Irina Shayk wore Gucci lingerie.
—Robyn Merrett, StyleCaster, 13 May 2025
Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 27 Apr. 2025
There are no marks on the bones directly attributable to a cause of death, Green said, and the Romans typically killed their sacrifices by slitting their throats or through drowning.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Hadid’s look featured a cross-back dress with a thigh-high slit in silk satin.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 13 May 2025
In 2023, Heidi Klum arrived in a boob-baring Zuhair Murad look featuring thigh-high slits and dramatic wings, while Irina Shayk wore Gucci lingerie.
—Robyn Merrett, StyleCaster, 13 May 2025
Verb
Everyone, even the children, have scars from where the corners of their mouths have been slit up into their cheeks, Joker-style.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 27 Apr. 2025
There are no marks on the bones directly attributable to a cause of death, Green said, and the Romans typically killed their sacrifices by slitting their throats or through drowning.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for slit
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“Slit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slit. Accessed 18 May. 2025.
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