slashing

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of slash

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)The action of something that slashes.

   “The criminal gang carried out razor slashings on their enemies.”

2. (countable, in-plural, uncountable)slash (woody debris)
3. (countable, uncountable)The penalty called for using the stick to slash an opposing player.

adj

1. (dated, informal)Powerfully excellent.

   “Lindsay might be seedy […] or I might by some unlooked-for providence suddenly develop a slashing game.”

   “‘...Got it this time, Edmund; a slashing bit of work.’”