Gash
noun
A deep cut or wound in your skin.
He had a gash on his forehead that required stitches.
verb
Make a long, deep cut on something.
The sharp rock had gashed his knee badly.
adjective
Useless or of no value.
It's a gash idea. Try something else.
Often appears as...
- gash idea
- gash scheme
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
A deep cut or wound in your skin.
He had a gash on his forehead that required stitches.
verb
Make a long, deep cut on something.
The sharp rock had gashed his knee badly.
adjective
Useless or of no value.
It's a gash idea. Try something else.
Often appears as...
- gash idea
- gash scheme
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Severity of Injury
Indicates a serious injury, more severe than a scratch or nick.
The accident left a nasty gash on his leg.
Pro Tip 2/3Visualization
Imagine a deep, open cut to grasp the severity suggested by 'gash'.
The gash was so deep you could see the bone.
Pro Tip 3/3Medical Attention
Often requires professional medical treatment, like stitches.
That gash on your arm looks bad; you should see a doctor.
Pro Tip 1/3Severity of Injury
Indicates a serious injury, more severe than a scratch or nick.
The accident left a nasty gash on his leg.
Pro Tip 2/3Visualization
Imagine a deep, open cut to grasp the severity suggested by 'gash'.
The gash was so deep you could see the bone.
Pro Tip 3/3Medical Attention
Often requires professional medical treatment, like stitches.
That gash on your arm looks bad; you should see a doctor.
Pro Tip 1/3Severity of Injury
Indicates a serious injury, more severe than a scratch or nick.
The accident left a nasty gash on his leg.
Pro Tip 2/3Visualization
Imagine a deep, open cut to grasp the severity suggested by 'gash'.
The gash was so deep you could see the bone.
Pro Tip 3/3Medical Attention
Often requires professional medical treatment, like stitches.
That gash on your arm looks bad; you should see a doctor.
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This Seal Looks Lazy —...
for over an hour they dive deeper than sperm whales it's really incredible what they have to go through just to make a living but here on the beach where they look like they're just resting and hanging out it's still a battle perfectly to the death you see these huge bulls that are bleeding and gashed
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Surviving a Coyote...
they want to go for that region of the body. The only thing that I really could do was keep myself from falling down and making sure that they didn't get behind me. After a while, it really started to hurt. There were gashes on my arms. They were essentially just opening up the wounds more.
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How Did the 'Unsinkable'...
eyewitnesses say it took over two hours to sink which confuses experts who believed a hole that size would have caused the Titanic to sink much faster investigations confirm that the iceberg created smaller punctures below the waterline and not a large gash which
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Greg Asner: Ecology from...
Look at this 100-square-kilometer gash in the forest created by gold miners. You see the forest in green in 3D, and you see the effects of gold mining down below the soil surface. Species have nowhere to migrate in a system like this, obviously.
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Don't feel sorry for...
He came out. He had a big gash on his head, a split lip, and he was physically shaken. I was looking at him, and I asked the boys to call for their mom, because I needed to go to the hospital with him. They called for their mom. She came out.
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Jamila Lyiscott: 3 ways...
Is because mines was raped away along with my history I speak broken English so the profusing gashes can remind us That our current state is not a mystery I’m so tired of the negative images that are driving my people mad
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Safari Live - Day 146 PIPE...
anything silly there you'll just stay right where you are lovely elephant you're taking legal photograph of you throwing sound on coming right past oh she's got a nasty gash in her tusks there isn't that fantastic
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Born to Rule by Roger...
whatever the universe slings of me believe me I can take it all asteroids comets balls of ice I grab from the depths of planetary space and absorb them with little more than a black gash in my size
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Rediscovering ourselves...
put together these beautiful words listen for the magic there's a wolf in me fangs pointed for tearing gashes and a red tongue for the hot lapping of blood the wilderness gave it to me and
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Brady vs. Wild Hog PIPE...
know what you think for you for taking fight oh he's biting it he bit the leg that time big gash over here yeah I know the human leg is gone the foot in the
Video examples
This Seal Looks Lazy —...
for over an hour they dive deeper than sperm whales it's really incredible what they have to go through just to make a living but here on the beach where they look like they're just resting and hanging out it's still a battle perfectly to the death you see these huge bulls that are bleeding and gashed
Video examples
Surviving a Coyote...
they want to go for that region of the body. The only thing that I really could do was keep myself from falling down and making sure that they didn't get behind me. After a while, it really started to hurt. There were gashes on my arms. They were essentially just opening up the wounds more.
Video examples
How Did the 'Unsinkable'...
eyewitnesses say it took over two hours to sink which confuses experts who believed a hole that size would have caused the Titanic to sink much faster investigations confirm that the iceberg created smaller punctures below the waterline and not a large gash which
Video examples
Greg Asner: Ecology from...
Look at this 100-square-kilometer gash in the forest created by gold miners. You see the forest in green in 3D, and you see the effects of gold mining down below the soil surface. Species have nowhere to migrate in a system like this, obviously.
Video examples
Don't feel sorry for...
He came out. He had a big gash on his head, a split lip, and he was physically shaken. I was looking at him, and I asked the boys to call for their mom, because I needed to go to the hospital with him. They called for their mom. She came out.
Video examples
Jamila Lyiscott: 3 ways...
Is because mines was raped away along with my history I speak broken English so the profusing gashes can remind us That our current state is not a mystery I’m so tired of the negative images that are driving my people mad
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 146 PIPE...
anything silly there you'll just stay right where you are lovely elephant you're taking legal photograph of you throwing sound on coming right past oh she's got a nasty gash in her tusks there isn't that fantastic
Video examples
Born to Rule by Roger...
whatever the universe slings of me believe me I can take it all asteroids comets balls of ice I grab from the depths of planetary space and absorb them with little more than a black gash in my size
Video examples
Rediscovering ourselves...
put together these beautiful words listen for the magic there's a wolf in me fangs pointed for tearing gashes and a red tongue for the hot lapping of blood the wilderness gave it to me and
Video examples
Brady vs. Wild Hog PIPE...
know what you think for you for taking fight oh he's biting it he bit the leg that time big gash over here yeah I know the human leg is gone the foot in the
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Quote examples
Mary Roach
American Author
I had a bike accident a few years ago, and I went to the emergency room, and I had to have a gash sewn up. And I am the kind of person that I was sitting up fascinated, watching, to the extent that the doctor said, 'Do you want to do a couple of stitches? You seem to be very interested.
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Christopher Buckley
American Novelist
At the senior prom for my Catholic boarding school, I was feeling manly, so I shaved, even though I didn't need to. Being inexperienced, I managed to slice a quarter-inch gash into my lower chin a half hour before I picked up my date.
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Roger Zelazny
American Writer
I got the idea for my novel 'Lord of Light' when I cut myself shaving just before I was to go on a panel at a convention. I had to go out there with this big gash in my face. I remember that I thought, 'I wish I could change bodies.
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David Hewson
British Author
Old Filey lies around the Ravine, a glacial gash running down to Coble Landing. This is the fishing Filey of centuries past, with neat little terraced cottages and a cluster of attractive 18th century houses.
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Gwendolyn Brooks
American Poet
Exhaust the little moment. Soon it dies. And be it gash or gold it will not come Again in this identical guise.
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Kris Marshall
English Actor
Once, while exploring Seville Cathedral, I walked into a metal bar and gashed my head.
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Mary Roach
American Author
I had a bike accident a few years ago, and I went to the emergency room, and I had to have a gash sewn up. And I am the kind of person that I was sitting up fascinated, watching, to the extent that the doctor said, 'Do you want to do a couple of stitches? You seem to be very interested.
Quote examples
Christopher Buckley
American Novelist
At the senior prom for my Catholic boarding school, I was feeling manly, so I shaved, even though I didn't need to. Being inexperienced, I managed to slice a quarter-inch gash into my lower chin a half hour before I picked up my date.
Quote examples
Roger Zelazny
American Writer
I got the idea for my novel 'Lord of Light' when I cut myself shaving just before I was to go on a panel at a convention. I had to go out there with this big gash in my face. I remember that I thought, 'I wish I could change bodies.
Quote examples
David Hewson
British Author
Old Filey lies around the Ravine, a glacial gash running down to Coble Landing. This is the fishing Filey of centuries past, with neat little terraced cottages and a cluster of attractive 18th century houses.
Quote examples
Gwendolyn Brooks
American Poet
Exhaust the little moment. Soon it dies. And be it gash or gold it will not come Again in this identical guise.
Quote examples
Kris Marshall
English Actor
Once, while exploring Seville Cathedral, I walked into a metal bar and gashed my head.
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