gash.
A deep cut.
Meaning & usage
A deep cut.
Unwittingly I slashed a gushing gash in my hand with a switchblade.
A vulva.
A woman.
Where this word comes from
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”).
To make a deep, long cut; to slash.
My leg got gashed.
Where this word comes from
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”).
Rubbish, particularly on board a ship or aircraft.
Nonsense.
Something low quality.
Unused film or sound during film editing.
Poor-quality beer, usually watered down.
Where this word comes from
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.
Of poor quality; makeshift; improvised; temporary; substituted.
Spare, extra.
Where this word comes from
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.
ghastly; hideous
Where this word comes from
From ghastful, by association with gash.
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