The Clue
Cut a budget sharply (5 letter answer)
The Answer
SLASH
Tags
Notes
The answer SLASH is common and appears about once every 250 puzzles.
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Fractional part?
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Playable character in Guitar Hero III
Definition
SLASH as a noun:
1. (cut, gash, slash, slice) = a wound made by cutting; "he put a bandage over the cut"
2. an open tract of land in a forest that is strewn with debris from logging (or fire or wind)
3. (solidus, slash, virgule, diagonal, stroke, separatrix) = a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information
4. (slash, gash) = a strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument
SLASH as a verb:
1. (slash, cut down) = cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete
2. (flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, strap, trounce) = beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced"
3. (slash, gash) = cut open; "she slashed her wrists"
4. cut drastically; "Prices were slashed"
5. (convulse, thresh, thresh about, thrash, thrash about, slash, toss, jactitate) = move or stir about violently; "The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed"