verb
definition
To cut a narrow opening.
example
He slit the bag open and the rice began pouring out.
definition
To split into strips by lengthwise cuts.
definition
To cut; to sever; to divide.
noun
definition
The act by which something is slit.
Examples of slitting in a Sentence
Bilston contains numerous furnaces, forges, rolling and slitting mills for the preparation of iron, and a great variety of factories for japanned and painted goods, brass-work and heavy iron goods.
The Feds busted a gang of Colombians in Philadelphia and one of them is implicated in slitting the throat of that fellow Homer Flanders.
In 1777 the state offered a large premium for every pound of steel, similar to German steel, made within its boundaries; and in 1789 a rolling and slitting mill was built near Providence.
By 1629 Richard Foley had set up the first slitting mill in the Midlands at The Hyde.
Other reports circulating stated that his addiction to cocaine and heroin led him to slitting his wrists and overdosing on prescription drugs.