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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Victoria Bekiempis, Vulture, 22 May 2025
The mosquito’s fate has been played out over and over again, and will for millions of years more, as gashes in conifers have seeped and dripped.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Feb. 2025
Julie Watson, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2025
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
Oliver Broudy, Men's Health, 17 Aug. 2023
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Noun
There was a giant gash in the cloth convertible roof.
—Victoria Bekiempis, Vulture, 22 May 2025
The mosquito’s fate has been played out over and over again, and will for millions of years more, as gashes in conifers have seeped and dripped.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Feb. 2025
Verb
One fisherman named Akhmad, who like many Indonesians uses only one name, said he was hit by a metal hook and forced to work even after being injured on the job by a load of fish that gashed open his leg to the bone.
—Julie Watson, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2025
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
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 3 Jun. 2025.
Copy CitationKids Definition
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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