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To cut by striking violently and at random; to cut in long slits.

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  1. v. t. To cut by striking violently and at random; to cut in long slits.
  2. v. t. To lash; to ply the whip to.
  3. v. t. To crack or snap, as a whip.
  4. 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.
  5. n. A long cut; a cut made at random.
  6. n. A large slit in the material of any garment, made to show the lining through the openings.
  7. n. Swampy or wet lands overgrown with bushes.
  8. n. a wound made by cutting
  9. n. an open tract of land in a forest that is strewn with debris from logging (or fire or wind)
  10. n. a punctuation mark (‘/’) used to separate related items of information
  11. n. a strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument
  12. v. cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete