slitting

S1L1I1T1T1I1N1G2

noun

The act by which something is slit.

UncommonScrabble 9
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of slit
nounslitting (plural slittings)

plural slittings

  1. The act by which something is slit.

    […] the Jack the Ripper murders in Whitechapel, during which prostitutes in the poor areas of 1880s and 1890s London became the victims of an infamous string of throat slittings.

    2011, Paula Leverage, Theory of Mind and Literature, page 94

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

stilting
Cite this entry
APA

slitting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slitting

MLA

“slitting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slitting. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “slitting,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slitting.

Source: slitting on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.