gash
noun
[ ɡaʃ ]
• a long, deep cut or wound.
• "a bad gash in one leg became infected"
Similar:
laceration,
cut,
slash,
tear,
gouge,
puncture,
score,
incision,
slit,
split,
rip,
rent,
nick,
cleft,
scratch,
scrape,
graze,
abrasion,
wound,
injury,
lesion,
contusion,
trauma,
traumatism,
• a woman's vulva.
gash
verb
• make a long, deep cut in.
• "the jagged edges gashed their fingers"
Similar:
lacerate,
cut (open),
slash,
tear (apart),
gouge,
puncture,
incise,
score,
slit,
split,
rend,
nick,
snick,
notch,
cleave,
scratch,
scrape,
graze,
abrade,
wound,
injure,
hurt,
damage,
maim,
Origin:
Middle English garse, from Old French garcer ‘to chap, crack’, perhaps based on Greek kharassein ‘sharpen, scratch, engrave’. The current spelling is recorded from the mid 16th century.
gash
noun
• rubbish or waste.
• "the gash bucket"
Origin:
1920s (originally in nautical use): of unknown origin.
