gash

  • 11Gash — A gash is a deep wound. It may also refer to: * Gash (Pram album), a 1990 album by the band Pram * Gash (album), a 1995 album by the band Foetus * Gash (TV series), a 2003 British TV series hosted by Armando Iannucci * Gash River, also known as… …

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  • 12gash — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, deep, great, long ▪ The bulldozers carved a great gash through the forest. ▪ small ▪ bloody …

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  • 13gash — I. adj British 1. spare, available. This now almost obsolete use of the word was common in the armed services in the 1950s and probably has the same origins as the following senses. 2. attractive, impressive. The origin of this sub sense of gash… …

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  • 14gash — ban·gash; gash; gash·ful; bo·gash; mal·gash; …

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  • 15gash — I UK [ɡæʃ] / US noun [countable] Word forms gash : singular gash plural gashes a long deep cut in your skin or in the surface of something Blood poured from a gash in his forehead. II UK [ɡæʃ] / US verb [transitive] Word forms gash : present… …

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  • 16gash — I. noun Date: 1548 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 > II. verb Etymology: alteration of Middle English garsen, from Anglo French garser to nip …

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  • 17gash — n. 1) to make a gash 2) a deep gash * * * [gæʃ] a deep gash to make a gash …

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  • 18gash — {{11}}gash (n.) 1540s, from M.E. garce (early 13c.), from O.N.Fr. garser to scarify, cut, slash (O.Fr. *garse), apparently from V.L. *charassare, from Gk. kharassein engrave, from PIE *gher to scrape, scratch (Cf. CHARACTER (Cf. character)). Loss …

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  • 19gash — gash1 /gash/, n. 1. a long, deep wound or cut; slash. 2. Slang (vulgar). a. the vagina. b. Disparaging and Offensive, a woman considered as a sex object. v.t. 3. to make a long, deep cut in; slash. [1540 50; alter. (with sh perh. from SLASH1) of&#8230; …

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  • 20gash — gash1 [ gæʃ ] noun count a long deep cut in your skin or in the surface of something: Blood poured from a gash in his forehead. gash gash 2 [ gæʃ ] verb transitive to make a long deep cut in something, usually accidentally: Her leg was badly&#8230; …

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