gash
1 Americannoun
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a long, deep wound or cut; slash.
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Slang: Vulgar.
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the vagina.
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Extremely Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a woman considered as a sex object.
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verb (used with object)
adjective
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wise, sagacious.
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neat; well-dressed; well-groomed.
adjective
verb
noun
adjective
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
Etymology
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
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
The hull listed to one side, and a very large, splintery gash marred the bow.
From Literature
Satellite images of Yapacana National Park in Amazonas show deep gashes in the earth, where miners have dug enormous open pits.
Ball needed treatment for a gash near his eye after colliding with Lee as he scrambled to grab a loose pass in the first quarter.
From Barron's
Long gashes, like wounds in the earth from some terrified beast clawing at a nightmare, raked the ground next to the crater on the mountain top.
From Literature
Radcliffe had been given six weeks to trace that gash through the map of British India.
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