gash

¹ American  

[gash] / gæʃ /

noun

1. a long, deep wound or cut; slash.

2. Slang: Vulgar.

   1. the vagina.

   2. Extremely Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a woman considered as a sex object.

---

verb (used with object)

1. to make a long, deep cut in; slash.

gash ² American  

[gash] / gæʃ /

adjective

Chiefly Scot.

1. wise, sagacious.

2. neat; well-dressed; well-groomed.

---

gash ³ American  

[gash] / gæʃ /

adjective

Scot. Archaic.

1. dreary or gloomy in appearance.

---

gash ¹ British  

/ ɡæʃ /

verb

1. (tr) to make a long deep cut or wound in; slash

---

noun

1. a long deep cut or wound

gash ² British  

/ ɡæʃ /

adjective

1. slang surplus to requirements; unnecessary, extra, or spare

---

Sensitive Note

When referring to a female, this term is used with disparaging intent and perceived as highly insulting. The word cunt shows a similar transfer of meaning from a woman’s genitalia to the woman herself.

Other Word Forms

• ungashed adjective

Etymology

Origin of gash¹

First recorded in 1540–50; alteration of Middle English garsen, garcen “to make medical incisions” (with alteration of s to sh after r), from Old French garser, jarsier “to scarify, wound,” from unrecoreded Vulgar Latin charaxāre, from Greek charássein “to scratch, notch”; character

Origin of gash²

First recorded in 1700–10; origin uncertain

Origin of gash³

First recorded in 1580–90; origin uncertain

Example Sentences

Ball needed treatment for a gash near his eye after colliding with Lee as he scrambled to grab a loose pass in the first quarter.

From Barron's

Long gashes, like wounds in the earth from some terrified beast clawing at a nightmare, raked the ground next to the crater on the mountain top.

From Literature

Radcliffe had been given six weeks to trace that gash through the map of British India.

From The Wall Street Journal

Mendoza contributed to the strong Indiana run game, frustrating the gashed Tide defense.

From Los Angeles Times

Figure, a startup with a $39 billion valuation, was sued last month by a former engineer who claims a malfunctioning robot had “carved a one-quarter-inch gash into a steel refrigerator door.”

From MarketWatch