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jaap.

gash, a deep cut

4 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/jaːp/
  1. gash, a deep cut

    informal · masculine
Where this word comes from

Probably related to japen (“to cut deeply”), which could be a dialectal variant of gapen (“to yawn, open up”).

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