Category:Slat

Slat, n. Etym: [cf. Slot a bar.]

Defn: a thin, narrow strip or bar of wood or metal; as, the slats of A window blind.

Slat Slat, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slatted; p. pr. & vb. n. Slatting.] Etym: [oe. slatten; cf. Icel. sletta to slap, to dab.]

1. To slap; to strike; to beat; to throw down violently. [prov. Eng. & colloq. U.s.] How did you kill him slat[t]ed his brains out. Marston.

2. To split; to crack. [prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

3. To set on; to incite. See 3d slate. [prov. Eng.]