different between slit vs peekaboo

English

Etymology

From Old English sl?tan, from Proto-Germanic *sl?tan? (“to tear apart”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leyd- (“to tear, rend (cut apart), split apart”). Possibly cognate with Latin laed- (“to strike, hurt, injure”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sl?t/
• Rhymes: -?t

Noun

slit (plural slits)

1. A narrow cut or opening; a slot.
2. (vulgar, slang) The opening of the vagina.
3. (vulgar, slang, derogatory) A woman, usually a sexually loose woman; a prostitute.

Derived terms

• slit drum

Translations

Verb

slit (third-person singular simple present slits, present participle slitting, simple past slit, past participle slit or (obsolete) slitten)

1. To cut a narrow opening.

   He slit the bag open and the rice began pouring out.

2. To split into strips by lengthwise cuts.
3. (transitive) To cut; to sever; to divide.

Translations

Adjective

slit (not comparable)

1. Having a cut narrow opening

Anagrams

• &lits, List, list, lits, silt, tils

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse *slit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stl??t/
• Rhymes: -??t

Noun

slit n (genitive singular slits, no plural)

1. wear and tear

Declension

Anagrams

• list

See also

• slitna

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

slit

1. imperative of slite

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

slit

1. inflection of slita:
   1. present
   2. imperative

Swedish

Noun

slit n

1. toil, labour

Declension

Verb

slit

1. imperative of slita.

Anagrams

• list, lits, stil

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse slíta, from Proto-Germanic *sl?tan?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sli?t/, /²?li?t/ (example of pronunciation)

  Rhymes: -ì?t

Verb

slit (preterite släit, supine sliti or slittä)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To tear.

Related terms

• slet

English

Alternative forms

• peek-a-boo

Etymology

From peek +? -a- +? boo.

Noun

peekaboo (uncountable)

1. (games) A game for a small child in which one covers one's face, then suddenly reveals it, saying "Boo!" or "Peekaboo!".

Translations

Adjective

peekaboo (not comparable)

1. (of clothing) with holes, slits or transparent fabric to reveal what is normally hidden.

   The model was wearing a peekaboo swimsuit.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

peekaboo (third-person singular simple present peekaboos, present participle peekabooing, simple past and past participle peekabooed)

1. (intransitive) To peep out.
   • 2013, Stan Timmons, Ammon's Horn

     A spike of white bone peekabooed through the flesh of his wrist and blood spurted.

Interjection

peekaboo

1. boo (when showing oneself unexpectedly)

   Synonym: peepo