slat
slat (slat)
noun
- a thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc. slats of a Venetian blind
- ☆ Slang
- the ribs
- the buttocks
Etymology: ME sclat < OFr esclat, a fragment < esclater, to splinter < Langobardic slaitan, to tear apart, split, akin to OHG slizzan, OE slitan: see slit
slat (slat)
intransitive verb slatted slat′·ted, slatting slat′·ting
Etymology: ME sclatten, prob. < ON sletta, to throw: infl. by slat
transitive verb
- to throw forcefully
- to beat; strike
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