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gash

gash

30 3.9
A long deep cut in skin or a surface
  • noun
  • /ɡæʃ/
translation icon : corte profundo
  • It had a huge gash in the side of it.

So once you've self harmed, you've released, even on this blood day, big gash in your arm, you're like, you're right.

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Examples

  • I sat beside Wutai and inspected the long gash down the back of my hand.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • The doctor stitched up the gash on his arm to prevent infection.

  • Has a bad gash in his right arm and his leg is hurt.

  • And now my my friend came in he had a gash on his nose.

  • Looks like a cut or a gash in the sole of the shoe.

  • In return, he caught a headbutt that opened a gash above his left eye.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • She had a large gash in the back of her head where she was hit in the head with a ball bat.

  • That's a nasty gash you have here.

  • The ax had left a big gash in his side just above his right hip.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • As Buffy strips down to her tank top, she notices a gash on her arm.

    Fiction book (1992)

Synonyms

cut
vsgash
337 1.0

A wound where the skin is opened by something sharp

is specifically a long deep wound rather than any minor injury
laceration
vsgash
  • NSFW
75 7.7

A deep cut in the skin or flesh with rough, torn edges

is a long deep wound typically without emphasizing ragged edges
slash
vsgash
17 3.6

A long deep cut made by a sharp object

is a long deep injury affecting skin flesh or other surfaces
flesh wound
vsgash
13 3.7

A wound that only affects the skin and soft parts of the body, not organs or bones

is deeper and longer, not limited to non serious surface injuries
slice
vsgash
5 5.1

A cut in the skin made by a sharp object

is longer and deeper than this thinner even incision
gouge
vsgash
4 7.0

A deep cut or scratch in a surface made by a sharp object

is a wound in flesh or material rather than only a surface groove

Antonyms

1 2.6

How something works without pauses or problems

How Deep

laceration
  • NSFW
75 7.7
gash
30 3.9
cut
337 1.0
scratch
203 1.6

Surface Forms

gash singular
gashes plural

Etymology

The word gash comes from the same old word for 'cut' or 'wound'. That's why a gash is a long, deep cut or wound you can see on skin, a surface, or in the land.