Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Slash \Slash\, n.
   1. A long cut; a cut made at random.

   2. A large slit in the material of any garment, made to show
      the lining through the openings.

   3. [Cf. {Slashy}.] pl. Swampy or wet lands overgrown with
      bushes. [Local, U.S.] --Bartlett.

Slash \Slash\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Slashed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Slashing}.] [OE. slaschen, of uncertain origin; cf. OF.
   esclachier to break, esclechier, esclichier, to break, and E.
   slate, slice, slit, v. t.]
   1. To cut by striking violently and at random; to cut in long
      slits.

   2. To lash; to ply the whip to. [R.] --King.

   3. To crack or snap, as a whip. [R.] --Dr. H. More.

Slash \Slash\, v. i.
   To strike violently and at random, esp. with an edged
   instrument; to lay about one indiscriminately with blows; to
   cut hastily and carelessly.

         Hewing and slashing at their idle shades. --Spenser.

Slash \Slash\, n.
   A opening or gap in a forest made by wind, fire, or other
   destructive agency.

         We passed over the shoulder of a ridge and around the
         edge of a fire slash, and then we had the mountain
         fairly before us.                        --Henry Van
                                                  Dyke.

Source : WordNet®

slash
     n 1: a wound made by cutting; "he put a bandage over the cut"
          [syn: {cut}, {gash}, {slice}]
     2: an open tract of land in a forest that is strewn with debris
        from logging (or fire or wind)
     3: a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of
        information [syn: {solidus}, {virgule}, {diagonal}, {stroke},
         {separatrix}]
     4: a strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument [syn: {gash}]

slash
     v 1: cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete [syn: {cut
          down}]
     2: beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged
        the students"; "The children were severely trounced" [syn:
         {flog}, {welt}, {whip}, {lather}, {lash}, {strap}, {trounce}]
     3: cut open; "she slashed her wrists" [syn: {gash}]
     4: cut drastically; "Prices were slashed"
     5: move or stir about violently; "The feverish patient thrashed
        around in his bed" [syn: {convulse}, {thresh}, {thresh
        about}, {thrash}, {thrash about}, {toss}, {jactitate}]

Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

slash
     
        {oblique stroke}