gash

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A deep cut.
  2. A vulva.
  3. A woman.
verb
  1. To make a deep, long cut; to slash.
noun
  1. Rubbish, particularly on board a ship or aircraft.
  2. Nonsense.
  3. Something low quality.
  4. Unused film or sound during film editing.
  5. Poor-quality beer, usually watered down.
adj
  1. Of poor quality; makeshift; improvised; temporary; substituted.
  2. Spare, extra.
adj
  1. ghastly; hideous
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ɡæʃ/ en-us-gash.ogg en-uk-gash.ogg

Word forms

gash gashes garsh gashing gashed more gash most gash

Etymology

Alteration of older garsh, from Middle English garsen, from Old French garser, jarsier (Modern French gercer), from Vulgar Latin *charaxāre, from Ancient Greek χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr, “engraver”).

Translations

Norwegian Bokmål: søppel Norwegian Bokmål: boss Norwegian Bokmål: avfall
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