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gash¹

  • /ɡæʃ/ Australia, US, UK
  • /ɡaʃ/ British, Northern England, Scotland, Southern, Standard, Wales
  • /ɡɛʃ/ New Zealand

Rhymes with -æʃ

Where it comes from

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”).

noun gashes · garsh

  1. countable, uncountable A deep cut. Unwittingly I slashed a gushing gash in my hand with a switchblade.
  2. countable, slang, uncountable, vulgar A vulva. “Oh Gertie it’s true. It’s all true. They’ve got a horrid gash instead of a thrilling thing.”
  3. derogatory, offensive, slang, uncountable A woman. "Will you bastards quit singing the blues? You're young, and there's plenty of gash in the world, and the supply of moon goes on forever," Simonsky said.

verb gashes · gashing · gashed · garsh

  1. To make a deep, long cut; to slash. My leg got gashed.

gash²

  • /ɡæʃ/ Australia, US, UK
  • /ɡaʃ/ British, Northern England, Scotland, Southern, Standard, Wales
  • /ɡɛʃ/ New Zealand

Rhymes with -æʃ

Where it comes from

From French gâcher (“to waste, to mess up”) or gâchis (“waste, a mess”), likely borrowed into English by ships' crews in the 19th century. Became increasingly vulgar by association with Etymology 1.

noun gashes

  1. UK, countable, slang, uncountable Rubbish, particularly on board a ship or aircraft. […] each man was on 'gash duty' about once in eighteen days.
  2. UK, countable, slang, uncountable, vulgar Nonsense. I hope you don't mind, but instead of “a load of gash” in this paragraph, could we say, “completely without merit”?
  3. UK, countable, slang, uncountable, vulgar Something low quality. This new one he's got for free off a friend (I think), but it's absolute gash. It's huge and doesn't fit in with the deco of the room, but because he's got it for nowt he's not arsed about that.
  4. countable, slang, uncountable Unused film or sound during film editing.
  5. countable, slang, uncountable Poor-quality beer, usually watered down.

adjective

  1. UK, not comparable, slang, vulgar Of poor quality; makeshift; improvised; temporary; substituted.
  2. UK, dated, not comparable, slang Spare, extra. "All gash kit? There won't be no trouble with the books?"

gash³

  • /ɡæʃ/ Australia, US, UK
  • /ɡaʃ/ British, Northern England, Scotland, Southern, Standard, Wales
  • /ɡɛʃ/ New Zealand

Rhymes with -æʃ

Where it comes from

From ghastful, by association with gash.

adjective more gash · most gash

  1. Scotland, UK, dialectal ghastly; hideous

Gash⁴

proper noun Gashes

  1. A surname.

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