1
: a deep long cut in flesh
2
: a deep narrow depression or cut
cut a gash through the forest
a gash in the hull
Examples of gash in a Sentence
Noun
The dog had a bad gash in his leg.
The iceberg made a gash in the hull of the ship.
Verb
The knife slipped and gashed his finger.
her face had been gashed by the rocks as she tumbled down the embankment
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Jared Weiss, New York Times, 15 May 2025
The deputy was treated at the scene for non-life-threatening injuries, and the inmate was taken to a hospital with a small gash to the top of his head.
—Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 May 2025
Grace Raynor, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
When the man stepped outside to see what scared the dog, one of three bears a few feet from his back door gashed his face with its massive paw.
—Andrew West, USA Today, 9 Jan. 2018
Oliver Broudy, Men's Health, 17 Aug. 2023
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Noun
Across the court was Kornet, a patently unserious man, nursing a gash on his elbow.
—Jared Weiss, New York Times, 15 May 2025
The deputy was treated at the scene for non-life-threatening injuries, and the inmate was taken to a hospital with a small gash to the top of his head.
—Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 May 2025
Verb
The final blow for Goodwin came in Clemson’s first-round College Football Playoff loss at Texas when the Longhorns gashed the Tigers for 292 yards rushing, the most a Swinney team has given up since 2014 against Georgia.
—Grace Raynor, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
When the man stepped outside to see what scared the dog, one of three bears a few feet from his back door gashed his face with its massive paw.
—Andrew West, USA Today, 9 Jan. 2018
Adjective
Another even larger gash oozes blood over his right ear—likely the dagger work of a shattered rearview mirror.
—Oliver Broudy, Men's Health, 17 Aug. 2023
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“Gash.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gash. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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gash
1 of 2 noun
: a long deep cut
gash
2 of 2 verb
: to make a long deep cut in
Medical Definition
gash
2 of 2 noun
: a deep long cut especially in flesh
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