slicer

Variant of slice

noun

  1. a relatively thin, broad piece cut from an object having some bulk or volume: a slice of apple
  2. a part, portion, or share: a slice of one's earnings
  3. any of various implements with a flat, broad blade, as a spatula
    1. the path of a hit ball that curves away to the right from a right-handed player or to the left from a left-handed player
    2. a ball that follows such a path

Origin: ME < OFr esclice < esclicier, to slice < Frank slizzan, akin to slit

transitive verb sliced, slicing

  1. to cut into slices
    1. to cut off as in a slice or slices: often with off, from, away, etc.
    2. to cut across or through like a knife
  2. to separate into parts or shares: sliced up the profits
  3. to use a slice () to spread, remove, etc.
  4. to hit (a ball) in a slice ()

intransitive verb

  1. to cut (through) like a knife: a plow slicing through the earth
    1. to be hit in a slice ()
    2. to hit a ball in a slice ()

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