gash

Definitions


[ɡaʃ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a long, deep cut or wound
(e.g: a bad gash in one leg became infected)

- a woman's vulva


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English garse, from Old French garser ‘to chap, crack’, perhaps via late Latin from Greek kharassein ‘sharpen, scratch, engrave’. The current spelling is recorded from the early 16th century


[ɡaʃ], (Verb)

Definitions:
- make a long, deep cut in
(e.g: the jagged edges gashed their fingers)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English garse, from Old French garser ‘to chap, crack’, perhaps via late Latin from Greek kharassein ‘sharpen, scratch, engrave’. The current spelling is recorded from the early 16th century


[ɡaʃ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- rubbish or waste
(e.g: the gash bucket)


Phrases:

Origin:
1920s (originally in nautical use): of unknown origin




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