<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.</li><li>a control surface along the leading edge of a wing that can be extended forward to create a gap slot to improve airflow.</li><li>slats, slang: the ribs.</li><li>the buttocks.</li><li>a nickname for a tall, slender man.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) slatted, slatting: to furnish or make with slats.</li></ul>