Gash
adj, name, noun, verb, slang ·Very common ·Middle school level
Definitions
- 1 A deep cut. countable, uncountable
"Unwittingly I slashed a gushing gash in my hand with a switchblade."
- 2 Rubbish, particularly on board a ship or aircraft. UK, countable, slang, uncountable
"[…] each man was on 'gash duty' about once in eighteen days."
- 3 a strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument wordnet
- 4 A vulva. countable, slang, uncountable, vulgar
"“Oh Gertie it’s true. It’s all true. They’ve got a horrid gash instead of a thrilling thing.”"
- 5 Nonsense. UK, countable, slang, uncountable, vulgar
"I hope you don't mind, but instead of “a load of gash” in this paragraph, could we say, “completely without merit”?"
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- 6 a trench resembling a furrow that was made by erosion or excavation wordnet
- 7 A woman. derogatory, offensive, slang, uncountable
""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."
- 8 Something low quality. UK, countable, slang, uncountable, vulgar
"This new one he's got for free off a friend (I think), but it's absolute gash. It's huge and doesn't fit in with the deco of the room, but because he's got it for nowt he's not arsed about that."
- 9 a wound made by cutting wordnet
- 10 Unused film or sound during film editing. countable, slang, uncountable
- 11 Poor-quality beer, usually watered down. countable, slang, uncountable
- 1 To make a deep, long cut; to slash.
"My leg got gashed."
- 2 cut open wordnet
- 1 Of poor quality; makeshift; improvised; temporary; substituted. UK, not-comparable, slang, vulgar
- 2 ghastly; hideous Scotland, UK, dialectal
- 3 Spare, extra. UK, dated, not-comparable, slang
""All gash kit? There won't be no trouble with the books?""
- 1 A surname.
Example
More examples"The accident left a long, deep gash in the side of the airplane."
Etymology
Alteration of older garsh, from Middle English garsen, from Old French garser, jarsier (Modern French gercer), from Vulgar Latin *charaxāre, from Ancient Greek χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr, “engraver”).
From French gâcher (“to waste, to mess up”) or gâchis (“waste, a mess”), likely borrowed into English by ships' crews in the 19th century. Became increasingly vulgar by association with Etymology 1.
From ghastful, by association with gash.
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