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gash

1  [gash]
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–noun
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.
–verb (used with object)
3. to make a long, deep cut in; slash.
Origin:
1540–50; alter. (with -sh perh. from slash 1 ) of ME garsen < OF garser, jarsier (F gercer) to scarify, wound < VL *charaxāre < Gk charássein to scratch, notch

gash

2  [gash]
–adjective Chiefly Scot.
1. wise, sagacious.
2. neat; well-dressed; well-groomed.
Origin:
1700–10; orig. uncert.

gash

3  [gash]
–adjective Scot. Archaic.
dreary or gloomy in appearance.
Origin:
1580–90; orig. uncert.
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gash   (gāsh)   
tr.v.   gashed, gash·ing, gash·es
To make a long deep cut in; slash deeply.
n.  
  1. A long deep cut.
  2. A deep flesh wound.

[Alteration of Middle English garsen, to scarify, from Old North French garser, from Late Latin charaxāre, to scratch, engrave, from Greek kharassein.]
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Gash

Gash\ (g[a^]sh), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gashed (g[a^]sht); p. pr. & vb. n. Gashing.] [For older garth or garse, OF. garser to scarify, F. gercer to chap, perh. from an assumed LL. carptiare, fr. L. carpere, carptum, to pluck, separate into parts; cf. LL. carptare to wound. Cf. Carpet.] To make a gash, or long, deep incision in; -- applied chiefly to incisions in flesh.

Grievously gashed or gored to death. --Hayward.

Gash

Gash\, n. A deep and long cut; an incision of considerable length and depth, particularly in flesh.
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Language Translation for : gash
Spanish: raja, hendidura, corte,
German: klaffende Wunde,
Japanese: 深い切傷
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gash 
1548, from M.E. garce (c.1225), from O.N.Fr. garser "to scarify, cut, slash," apparently from V.L. *charassare, from Gk. kharassein "engrave." Loss of -r- is characteristic (see bass, bust, etc.). Slang use for "vulva" dates to mid-1700s.
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Main Entry: 1gash
Pronunciation: 'gash
Function: transitive verb
: to make a gash in gash intransitive senses
: to makea gash : CUT

Main Entry: 2gash
Function: noun
: a deep long cut especially in flesh
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gash (gāsh)
v. gashed, gash·ing, gash·es
To make a long, deep cut in; slash deeply. n.

  1. A long, deep cut.
  2. A deep flesh wound.

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