Gash

/ɡæʃ/ · noun

Meaning

A deep cut..

Definitions by Sense

1. A deep cut.
2. (slang, vulgar) A vulva.
3. (slang, uncountable, offensive, derogatory) A woman.
4. To make a deep, long cut; to slash.
5. (slang, chiefly UK, Antarctica) Rubbish, particularly on board a ship or aircraft.
6. (slang, UK, now vulgar) Nonsense.
7. (slang, UK, now vulgar) Something low quality.
8. (slang) Unused film or sound during film editing.

Example Sentences

Unwittingly I slashed a gushing gash in my hand with a switchblade.

Vowing that he was “never going to forget the lessons of that day,” President Bush paid tribute last night to the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack, laying wreaths at ground zero, attending a prayer service at St. Paul’s Chapel and making a surprise stop at a firehouse and a memorial museum overlooking the vast gash in the ground where the twin towers once stood.

Then Beowulf too rallied. With his whetted dagger he slit a gash in the serpent's middle.

The victim of the attack, Russell Mills, suffered a head gash, a broken knee cap and a broken wrist.

“Oh Gertie it’s true. It’s all true. They’ve got a horrid gash instead of a thrilling thing.”

"Will you bastards quit singing the blues? You're young, and there's plenty of gash in the world, and the supply of moon goes on forever," Simonsky said.

My leg got gashed.

[…] each man was on 'gash duty' about once in eighteen days.

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Word Forms

• gashes
• garsh
• gashing
• gashed
• more gash
• most gash

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