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 Word Forms

• ungashed 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

Before either of them can respond, the akrafena slices a gash through the door—dangerously close to where my thumb is.

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Mr Zitouni has been credited with blocking the attack suspect from stabbing a girl, leaving him with a gash on his head and neck.

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It is thought Mr Zitouni "blocked" the suspect from stabbing a girl, leaving him with a gash on his head and neck.

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Especially after halftime, once USC’s defense finally clamped down on a Northwestern offense that gashed the Trojans early on the ground.

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Ocean water was pouring through the gash in the station’s outer wall.

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