The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SLASH
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What does SLASH mean?
SLASH noun- A slashing action or motion, particularly:
- A mark made by a slashing motion, particularly:
- Something resembling such a mark, particularly:
- The loose woody debris remaining from a slash, (particularly forestry) the trimmings left while preparing felled trees for removal.
- Slash fiction.
- To cut or attempt to cut, particularly:
- To strike violently and randomly, particularly:
- To move quickly and violently.
- To crack a whip with a slashing motion.
- To clear land, (particularly forestry) with violent action such as logging or brushfires or through grazing.
- To write slash fiction.
- Used to note the sound or action of a slash.
- Used to connect two or more identities in a list.
- Used to list alternatives.
- A drink of something; a draft.
- A piss: an act of urination.
- To piss, to urinate.
- A swampy area; a swamp.
- A large quantity of watery food such as broth.
- To work in wet conditions.
- The period of a transitory breeze.
- An interval of good weather.
- The loose part of a rope; slack.