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Definition: SLITTING |
SLITTING1. A. & n. from Slit. Personal pronoun & verb & noun1. Of Slit |
Date "SLITTING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
European Union | Slitting : cutting a strip into a number of narrower strips by means of rotary cutters. Source: European Union. (references) |
Industry | Dividing a web in the machine direction into several narrower webs. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mechanical Engineering | Separating long semifinished products lengthwise with a circular saw. Source: European Union. (references) |
Metallurgy | Making a clean, smooth cut with the minimum of material loss, normally using special circular refractory tools. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Slitting a little girl's throat is like cutting warm butter. (Commando; writing credit: Joseph Loeb III; Matthew Weisman) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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References | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Slitting throats of cattle. Packing plant, Austin, Minnesota. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Human Rights | Kazakhstan | On May 19, 15 inmates at the Semipalatinsk Prison No. 156/14 committed acts of self-mutilation, slitting their wrists and driving nails into their chests and backs, to protest prison conditions. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "SLITTING" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 88.00% of the time. "SLITTING" is used about 25 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 88% | 22 | 74,468 |
| Noun (singular) | 12% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 25 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "SLITTING": slitting and cutting ♦ slitting file ♦ slitting mill ♦ slitting roller. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "SLITTING": slitting-mills. | |
Ending with "SLITTING": iron-slitting, throat-slitting. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
slitting | 60 | slitting ultrasonic | 3 |
slitting machine | 20 | slitting knife | 3 |
slitting wrist | 19 | pic slitting wrist | 2 |
foam slitting | 18 | slitting tongue | 2 |
slitting line | 10 | poem slitting wrist | 2 |
slitting saw | 8 | paper slitting | 2 |
tape slitting | 7 | custom slitting | 2 |
metal slitting | 7 | slitting and rewinding machine | 2 |
slitting blade | 6 | machinery slitting | 2 |
steel slitting | 4 | aluminum metal slitting | 2 |
slitting equipment | 3 | slitting wheels | 2 |
machine paper slitting | 3 | machine plastic slitting | 2 |
cut length polish slitting | 2 | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "SLITTING"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 切开 (incision). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | langsskaaret, varmvalset baand og baand med klippede, reifede eller afgratede kanter (bevelled or trimmed edges, hot rolled strip obtained by slitting or with sheared), guillotineskæring (guillotining, slitting and cutting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | snijmachine (guillotine, slicer, slitter, slitting machine), zaagmachine (slitter, slitting machine), planosnijden (guillotining, slitting and cutting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | pituusleikkuri (slitter, slitter-winder, slitting machine, winder), pitkittäisleikkauskone (slitter, slitting machine), halkaisusaha (re-saw, rip saw, ripper, slitter, slitting machine), giljotiinileikkaus (guillotining, slitting and cutting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | scie longitudinale (slitter, slitting machine), refente de feuilles (slitting and cutting), refente (slitting and cutting), massicotage (slitting and cutting), machine de découpe longitudinale en bandes (slitter, slitting machine), feuillard chaud obtenu par refendage ou rives cisaillées, chanfreinées ou ébarbées (hot rolled strip obtained by slitting or with sheared). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | schlitzend (slashing), Längstrennung. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σχίζων (render, riprer, slasher, sliverer, splitting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | orrlevágás (nose slitting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | refilato in taglietto (guillotining, slitting and cutting), nastro a caldo ottenuto mediante taglio longitudinale o con bordi rifilati, smussati o sbavati (bevelled or trimmed edges, hot rolled strip obtained by slitting or with sheared), macchina da taglio longitudinale (slitter, slitting machine). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 쨈. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | scoltey (analysis, beanfeast; skive, blow out, burst, bursting, chop up, cleavage; heavy meal, cleave, cleft, crack, crack; feed, cracking, crevasse, disunion, fission, fissure, fracture, gutting, hew, rend, scission, slit, sliver, slot, split, tuck in; gut; fault, vent, venting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ittingslay máquina de cortar bobinas longitudinalmente (slitter, slitting machine), guilhotinagem (guillotining, slitting and cutting), corte em guilhotina (guillotining, slitting and cutting), corte em folhas (guillotining, slitting and cutting), banda a quente obtida por corte longitudinal ou com bordos cortados com tesoura,chanfrados ou aparados (bevelled or trimmed edges, hot rolled strip obtained by slitting or with sheared). (various references) прорезать....продольная резка/. (various references) sierra longitudinal (slitter, slitting machine), máquina para cortar bandas longitudinales (slitter, slitting machine), guillotinado (guillotining, slitting and cutting), fleje laminado en caliente obtenido por corte longitudinal o con los bordes cizallados, achaflanados o desbarbados (bevelled or trimmed edges, hot rolled strip obtained by slitting or with sheared). (various references) längsskärmaskin (slitter, slitting machine), giljotinskärning (guillotining, slitting and cutting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"SLITTING" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: litting, slitton. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "SLITTING" (pronounced sli"ting) |
| 5 | -l i" t i ng | flitting, splitting. |
| 4 | -i" t i ng | acquitting, admitting, befitting, bitting, committing, emitting, fitting, gritting, hitting, knitting, omitting, permitting, pitting, quitting, refitting, resubmitting, sitting, spitting, submitting, transmitting, unremitting, unwitting, witting. |
| 3 | -t i ng | abating, abbreviating, abdicating, abducting, abetting, aborting, abrogating, abutting, accelerating, accenting, accentuating, accepting, accommodating, accosting, accounting, accrediting, accumulating, acting, activating, adapting, addicting, adjudicating, adjusting, administrating, adopting, advocating, affecting, affiliating, afflicting, aggravating, agitating, airlifting, alerting, alienating, alleviating, allocating, allotting, alternating, amounting, annotating, anticipating, appointing, appreciating, appropriating, approximating, arbitrating, arresting, articulating, assassinating, assaulting, asserting, assimilating, assisting, associating, attempting, attesting, attracting, attributing, auditing, augmenting, authenticating, automating, averting, awaiting, babysitting, backbiting, baiting, balloting, bankrupting, batting, beating, begetting, belting, benefiting, benefitting, berating, besetting, besting, betting, biting, blacklisting, blanketing, blasting, bloating, bloodletting, blunting, boasting, boating, bolting, boosting, booting, boycotting, breasting, broadcasting, budgeting, bullfighting, bunting, bursting, busting, butting, calculating, captivating, carpeting, carting, castigating, casting, castrating, catapulting, cavorting, celebrating, cementing, chanting, charting, chatting, cheating, chlorinating, circulating, circumventing, citing, clotting, coagulating, coasting, coating, coexisting, cohabiting, collaborating, collecting, combating, combatting, comforting, commemorating, commenting, communicating, commuting, compensating, competing, complementing, completing, complicating, complimenting, composting, computing, concentrating, concocting, conducting, confiscating, conflicting, confronting, congratulating, connecting, consenting, consisting, consolidating, consorting, constituting, constricting, constructing, consulting, consummating, contacting, contaminating, contemplating, contesting, contracting, contradicting, contrasting, contributing, converting, convicting, cooperating, coordinating, copycatting, correcting, correlating, corroborating, corrupting, costing, counteracting, Counterfeiting, counting, courting, crafting, crating, creating, crediting, cresting, culminating, cultivating, cutting, darting, dating, daunting, debating, debilitating, decaffeinating, decanting, decelerating, decimating, decorating, dedicating, deducting, defaulting, defeating, defecting, deflating, deflecting, defrosting, degenerating, delegating, deleting, deliberating, delighting, delineating, delisting, demonstrating, denigrating, denting, departing, depicting, depleting, deporting, depositing, deprecating, depreciating, deregulating, deserting, designating, destructing, detecting, deteriorating, detonating, detracting, devastating, devoting, dictating, dieting, differentiating, digesting, diluting, directing, disappointing, disconcerting, disconnecting, discounting, discrediting, discriminating, disgusting, disintegrating, disorienting, dispiriting, disputing, disquieting, disrespecting, disrupting, dissecting, disseminating, dissenting, dissipating, distorting, distracting, distributing, districting, diverting, divesting, documenting, domesticating, dominating, donating, doting, dotting, doubting, drafting, drifting, duplicating, dusting, eating, editing, educating, effecting, elaborating, elating, electing, electroplating, elevating, eliciting, eliminating, emanating, emigrating, emulating, enacting, encapsulating, enchanting, encrusting, enlisting, entrusting, enunciating, equating, equivocating, eradicating, erecting, erupting, escalating, escorting, estimating, evacuating, evaluating, evaporating, everlasting, evicting, exacerbating, exacting, exaggerating, exalting, exasperating, excavating, excepting, exciting, excoriating, excruciating, executing, exempting, exerting, exhausting, exhibiting, exhilarating, exhorting, existing, exiting, exonerating, expecting, expediting, experimenting, exploiting, exporting, extenuating, exterminating, extorting, extracting, extraditing, extrapolating, fabricating, facilitating, fainting, fascinating, fasting, faulting, feasting, fermenting, ferreting, Fetting, fidgeting, fighting, fingerprinting, firefighting, flaunting, fleeting, flirting, floating, flouting, fluctuating, fomenting, footing, footnoting, forecasting, forfeiting, forgetting, formulating, fragmenting, fretting, fronting, frosting, fruiting, frustrating, generating, getting, gifting, glinting, gloating, graduating, grafting, granting, grating, gravitating, greeting, grouting, grunting, gunfighting, gusting, gutting, gyrating, hallucinating, halting, handwriting, harvesting, Hasting, hating, haunting, heating, hesitating, highlighting, hinting, hoisting, homeporting, hosting, humiliating, hunting, hurting, hydrogenating, igniting, illuminating, illustrating, imitating, impacting, imparting, impersonating, implanting, implementing, implicating, importing, imprinting, inaugurating, incapacitating, incarcerating, incinerating, inciting, incorporating, incriminating, incubating, indicating, indicting, infatuating, infecting, infighting, infiltrating, inflating, inflicting, infuriating, ingesting, ingratiating, inhabiting, inheriting, inhibiting, initiating, injecting, innovating, inserting, insinuating, insisting, inspecting, instigating, instituting, instructing, insulating, insulting, integrating, interacting, intercepting, interdicting, interesting, interpreting, interrogating, interrupting, intersecting, intimidating, intoxicating, inundating, invalidating, inventing, investigating, investing, invigorating, inviting, irritating, isolating, jetting, jolting, jousting, jutting, kiting, lactating, lambasting, lamenting, laminating, lasting, legislating, letting, levitating, liberating, lifting, lighting, limiting, liquidating, listing, litigating, locating, looting, lubricating, lusting, malting, mandating, manifesting, manipulating, marketing, marting, masturbating, mating, matting, mediating, meditating, meeting, melting, migrating, minting, misappropriating, misinterpreting, misrepresenting, misstating, mistreating, mitigating, moderating, molesting, molting, moonlighting, motivating, mounting, mutating, mutilating, muting, nauseating, navigating, necessitating, negating, neglecting, negotiating, nesting, netting, nitrating, nominating, nonbiting, nonoperating, nonsporting, nonvoting, noting, Nutting, objecting, obliterating, obstructing, obviating, officiating, offsetting, operating, opting, orbiting, orchestrating, originating, oscillating, ousting, Outfitting, outing, outwitting, overeating, overestimating, overheating, overreacting, overshooting, overstating, painting, panting, parachuting, parenting, participating, parting, pasting, patenting, patting, penetrating, percolating, perfecting, permeating, perpetrating, perpetuating, persecuting, persisting, perverting, petting, picketing, piloting, pinpointing, pirating, placating, planting, plating, plotting, plummeting, pocketing, pointing, polluting, pontificating, populating, porting, posting, pouting, precipitating, predicting, predominating, preempting, preexisting, presenting, preventing, printing, procrastinating, profiting, prognosticating, prohibiting, projecting, proliferating, promoting, prompting, promulgating, propagating, prosecuting, prospecting, protecting, protesting, pulsating, purporting, putting, quieting, quilting, quoting, radiating, rafting, ranting, ratcheting, rating, reacting, reactivating, readjusting, reallocating, reasserting, rebutting, recalculating, recanting, recasting, reciprocating, reciting, recollecting, reconnecting, reconstituting, reconstructing, recounting, recreating, recruiting, recuperating, redacting, redecorating, redirecting, redistributing, redistricting, reelecting, reevaluating, reflecting, refuting, regenerating, regretting, regulating, rehabilitating, reigniting, reincorporating, reinstating, reinstituting, reinterpreting, reinventing, reinvesting, reinvigorating, reiterating, rejecting, rejuvenating, relating, relegating, relenting, relocating, remarketing, renegotiating, renovating, renting, repainting, repatriating, repeating, replanting, replicating, reporting, representing, reprinting, repudiating, requesting, rerouting, resenting, resisting, resonating, resorting, respecting, restarting, restating, resting, restricting, resulting, resurrecting, resuscitating, retaliating, retesting, retracting, retreating, retrofitting, reuniting, reverberating, reverting, revisiting, revolting, rewriting, rioting, riveting, roasting, rocketing, rooting, rotating, rotting, rusting, salivating, salting, saluting, saturating, scapegoating, scouting, sculpting, seating, sedating, segregating, selecting, separating, setting, shafting, sheeting, shifting, shooting, shoplifting, shorting, shouting, shunting, shutting, sifting, sighting, simulating, siting, skating, skirting, skyrocketing, skywriting, slanting, slighting, slotting, smarting, smelting, snorting, soliciting, somersaulting, songwriting, sorting, speculating, sporting, spotlighting, spotting, spouting, sprinting, sprouting, spurting, squatting, squinting, squirting, stagnating, starting, stating, stimulating, stipulating, strutting, subcontracting, subjecting, subordinating, substituting, subtracting, subverting, suffocating, suggesting, superconducting, supplanting, supplementing, supporting, surmounting, suspecting, sweating, Sweeting, syndicating, tabulating, tainting, targeting, tasting, taunting, telecommuting, telemarketing, tempting, tenting, terminating, testing, thermosetting, thrusting, thwarting, ticketing, tilting, titillating, toasting, tolerating, tormenting, toting, touting, translating, transplanting, transporting, treating, trotting, trumpeting, trusting, twisting, typecasting, typesetting, Typewriting, undercutting, underestimating, underreporting, understating, underwriting, undulating, unexciting, uninteresting, uninviting, uniting, unrelenting, unseating, unstinting, unsuspecting, updating, uplifting, uprooting, upsetting, urinating, vacating, vacillating, validating, vaulting, ventilating, venting, vesting, vetting, vibrating, violating, visiting, vomiting, voting, wafting, waiting, wanting, wasting, weighting, weightlifting, wetting, whiting, wildcatting, wilting, wresting, writing, yachting. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: stilting. | |
| Words within the letters "g-i-i-l-n-s-t-t" | |
-1 letter: listing, silting, sitting, tilings, tilting, titling. | |
-2 letters: gittin, glints, instil, isling, siting, tiling. | |
-3 letters: gilts, glint, intis, lings, lints, sigil, sling, stilt, sting, stint, tilts, tings, tints, titis. | |
-4 letters: gilt, gins, gist, gits, inti, ling, lins, lint, list, lits, nils, nisi, nits, sign, silt, sing, slit, snit, tils, tilt, ting, tins, tint, titi, tits. | |
| Words containing the letters "g-i-i-l-n-s-t-t" | |
+1 letter: litigants, splitting, tingliest. | |
+2 letters: mistitling, subtitling, totalising, whittlings. | |
+3 letters: filmsetting, gentilities, litigations, resplitting, stilettoing, stimulating, stipulating, stultifying, tantalising. | |
+4 letters: bullshitting, chitterlings, deglutitions, disentitling, earsplitting, filmsettings, hesitatingly, illustrating, multitasking, silhouetting, spotlighting, stridulating, unsightliest, unstintingly. | |
+5 letters: distractingly, fortnightlies, gesticulating, gesticulation, hairsplitting, integralities, interestingly, intertillages, legitimations, lockstitching, multitaskings, ornithologist, restimulating, scintillating, sidesplitting, tangibilities. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 4C 49 54 54 49 4E 47 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... .-.. .. - - .. -. --. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01001100 01001001 01010100 01010100 01001001 01001110 01000111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S L I T T I N G |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 004C 0049 0054 0054 0049 004E 0047 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5346435454434841 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Quotations: Non-fiction | 9. Usage Frequency 10. Expressions 11. Expressions: Internet 12. Translations: Modern | 13. Derivations 14. Rhymes 15. Anagrams 16. Orthography | 17. Bibliography |
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