gash

¹

[ gash ]

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

[ gash ]

adjective

, Chiefly Scot.

1. wise, sagacious.
2. neat; well-dressed; well-groomed.

gash

³

[ gash ]

adjective

, Scot. Archaic.

1. dreary or gloomy in appearance.

gash

¹

/ ɡæʃ /

verb

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

noun

1. a long deep cut or wound

gash

²

/ 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 Words From

• un·gashed adjective

Word History and Origins

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of gash¹

C16: from Old French garser to scratch, wound, from Vulgar Latin charissāre (unattested), from Greek kharassein to scratch

Origin of gash²

C20: of unknown origin

Example Sentences

Necks are gashed using broken household items—you know, the usual.

From Time

After gashing his head one morning in the fall of 2011 after taking an excessive amount of his antidepressant and his daughter’s muscle relaxants, Paul Brundage walked outside, fell into a retention pond, and drowned.

From The Daily Beast

Additionally, defending the run is one of Green Bay’s weaknesses, which was on full display in last year’s NFC title game, when the San Francisco 49ers gashed the Packers’ defense during a lopsided win.

From Washington Post

There was one moment where Bryan fell and landed on his watch, which hit his head and gave him this huge gash.

From The Daily Beast

He has had operations on both knees, and they had to put him under anesthesia to clean a long gash in his left thigh.

From The Daily Beast

There is a gash across his forehead, a cut on his lip, small bruises on his cheek and ear, but they are all surface.

From The Daily Beast

He was lucky his injuries were minor, the worst being the 40 stitches needed for the gash on his leg.

From The Daily Beast

Zimmerman, 28, suffered a broken nose, a gash to his head, and other injuries, according to Sanford police reports.

From The Daily Beast

And a rampant ache in my head, seconded by a medium-sized gash in the scalp, didn't make for an access of optimism at that moment.

From Project Gutenberg

The white gash looked like a wide strip of paper pasted down the stick of ruined timber.

From Project Gutenberg

With one incision Balsamo separated the vertebral column a couple of inches from the brain, and opened a yawning gash.

From Project Gutenberg

A deep gash in a man's face made him better looking, for it showed that he had plenty of courage.

From Project Gutenberg

There was a ragged gash across the back where the bird's beak had torn it, but no blood oozed from the wound.

From Project Gutenberg