Sekirov Dictionary

gash

/ɡæʃ/

noun 8
adjective 3
verb 1
forms 5

noun8

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A deep cut.
- Unwittingly I slashed a gushing gash in my hand with a switchblade.
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(slang, 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. — 2012
(slang) Poor-quality beer, usually watered down.
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(slang, vulgar) Nonsense.
- I hope you don't mind, but instead of “a load of gash” in this paragraph, could we say, “completely without merit”? — 2025
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(slang, vulgar) A vulva.
- “Oh Gertie it’s true. It’s all true. They’ve got a horrid gash instead of a thrilling thing.” — 1962
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(UK, slang) Rubbish, particularly on board a ship or aircraft.
- […] each man was on 'gash duty' about once in eighteen days. — 1960
(slang) Unused film or sound during film editing.
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(slang, offensive) 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. — 1934

adjective3

(slang, vulgar) Of poor quality; makeshift; improvised; temporary; substituted.
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(slang, old-fashioned) Spare, extra.
- "All gash kit? There won't be no trouble with the books?" — 1987
(dialect, UK) ghastly; hideous

verb1

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

forms

gashed · gashing · gashes · more gash · most gash

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