gash

1 of 3

noun

1
: a deep long cut in flesh
2
: a deep narrow depression or cut
cut a gash through the forest
a gash in the hull

gash

2 of 3

verb

gashed; gashing; gashes

transitive verb

: to make a gash in

intransitive verb

: to make a gash : cut

gash

3 of 3

adjective

1
chiefly Scotland : knowing, witty
2
chiefly Scotland : well-dressed : trim

Examples of gash in a Sentence

Noun The dog had a bad gash in his leg. The iceberg made a gash in the hull of the ship. Verb The knife slipped and gashed his finger. her face had been gashed by the rocks as she tumbled down the embankment
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Marcus McDaniel, 52, allegedly stabbed a man in the heart and slashed the right side of his head, creating a six-inch gash down the victim's skull, CT Insider reported. Chris Eberhart, Fox News, 27 Feb. 2024 The collision opened a nearly 100-foot-long gash on the side of the ship, causing 58,000 gallons of heavy bunker fuel to leak into the ocean. Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2024 One of those, Sweet Gums, an animal featured in the manatee club's adopt-a-manatee program, suffered five deep gashes from a propeller, her spine severed in two places. USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2024 While Jabbari sustained a fractured finger and a gash behind her ear, Majors maintained his innocence and claimed Jabbari was the aggressor that night. Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 6 Feb. 2024 The piece transforms the wall with a cluster of dents and gashes, leaving a scree of detritus beneath it; the head itself lies among the rubble. Max Norman, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2024 Score: To cut shallow gashes across the outer surface of a food before cooking. Andrea Weigl, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024 Guard Lamont Butler has been playing with a nasty gash on his right palm that still hasn’t closed. Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Jan. 2024 His glasses broke and blood covered his face from a gash above his eye. Theresa Vargas, Washington Post, 13 Jan. 2024
Verb
The 49ers were 14th against the pass and third against the run, but Aaron Jones and the Packers gashed them for 136 yards and 4.9 per carry. Rob Maaddi, USA TODAY, 26 Jan. 2024 The Lions responded with another touchdown drive for a 14-0 lead with 2:34 to go in the first quarter, their running game and offense gashing the 49ers defense for six plays of 10 or more yards in Detroit's first two possessions. José M. Romero, The Arizona Republic, 28 Jan. 2024 Running back Christian McCaffrey gashed the Packers' defense for 98 rushing yards and two touchdowns on 17 carries (5.8 yards per carry). Jack McKessy, USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2024 In keeping with Scream tradition, the deaths are outside the box — a screwdriver is pierced into a bar patron's neck, a teenager's throat is gashed through his Adam's apple, and someone is lathered in hand sanitizer and lit on fire (scorched into a blazing inferno). Michael Lee Simpson, EW.com, 25 Oct. 2023 Played at a breakneck speed with equal parts deep-strike passes and gashing runs, Lewis’ attack is a far cry from Brady Hoke’s ground-and-pound style. Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2024 This is a defense that has been last in the NFL in yards passing since that season opener and repeatedly has been gashed for explosive moments. Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2023 The Tigers gashed the Crimson Tide for 318 yards rushing in the Iron Bowl. Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 23 Aug. 2023 A week after Texas used motion to gash the Alabama secondary, Golash and co. present an interesting follow-up. Nick Alvarez | Nalvarez@al.com, al, 13 Sep. 2023
Adjective
Another even larger gash oozes blood over his right ear—likely the dagger work of a shattered rearview mirror. Oliver Broudy, Men's Health, 17 Aug. 2023

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Word History

Etymology

Verb

alteration of Middle English garsen, from Anglo-French garser to nip, scratch, from Vulgar Latin *charissare, from Greek charassein to scratch, engrave

Adjective

origin unknown

First Known Use

Noun

1548, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1566, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Adjective

1706, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of gash was in 1548

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Cite this Entry

“Gash.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gash. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

gash

1 of 2 noun
: a long deep cut

gash

2 of 2 verb
: to make a long deep cut in

Medical Definition

gash

1 of 2 transitive verb
: to make a gash in

intransitive verb

: to make a gash : cut

gash

2 of 2 noun
: a deep long cut especially in flesh

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