# slashy

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈslæʃi/

## Definitions
1. Involving lots of cutting with blades, or swordwork.
2. resembling a slash (the punctuation mark)
3. wet, having wet ground, slushy
4. making a movement akin to swiping a sword.
5. darting, running in a zigzag motion
6. of a work of art, done in the style that suggests the painter was slashing the canvas with a paintbrush
7. slushy, very romantic
8. Characteristic of or related to slash fiction.

## Etymology
From slash + -y.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/slashy