GASH

slash, gash

(noun) a strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument

cut, gash

(noun) a trench resembling a furrow that was made by erosion or excavation

cut, gash, slash, slice

(noun) a wound made by cutting; “he put a bandage over the cut”

slash, gash

(verb) cut open; “she slashed her wrists”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

gash (countable and uncountable, plural gashes)

A deep cut.

(slang, vulgar) A vulva.

(slang, offensive) A woman

(slang, British Royal Navy) Rubbish, spare kit

(slang) Rubbish on board an aircraft

(slang) Unused film or sound during film editing

(slang) Poor quality beer, usually watered down.

Adjective

gash (comparative more gash, superlative most gash)

(slang) Of poor quality; makeshift; improvised; temporary; substituted.

Verb

gash (third-person singular simple present gashes, present participle gashing, simple past and past participle gashed)

To make a deep, long cut; to slash.

Etymology 2

Adjective

gash (comparative more gash, superlative most gash)

(UK, Scotland, dialect) ghastly; hideous

Anagrams

• HAGS, hags, shag

Proper noun

Gash (plural Gashes)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Gash is the 18068th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1543 individuals. Gash is most common among White (72.39%) and Black/African American (20.8%) individuals.

Anagrams

• HAGS, hags, shag

Source: Wiktionary


Gash, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gashed; p. pr. & vb. n. Gashing.] Etym: [For older garth or garse, OF. garser to scarify, F. gercer to chap, perh. from an assumed LL. carptiare, fr. L. carpere, carptum, to pluck, separate into parts; cf. LL. carptare to wound. Cf. Carpet.]

Definition: To make a gash, or long, deep incision in; -- applied chiefly to incisions in flesh. Grievously gashed or gored to death. Hayward.

Gash, n.

Definition: A deep and long cut; an incision of considerable length and depth, particularly in flesh.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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