gashes

Noun (1)

gash (countable and uncountable, plural gashes)

1. A deep cut.
   • Unwittingly I slashed a gushing gash in my hand with a switchblade.

   Synonyms:

   gullick, incision, slash

2. (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 [1959], William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch, New York: Grove Press, page 150

   Synonyms:

   crack, ladybits, quim, axe wound, badly packed kebab, bearded clam, beaver, beef curtains, burger, chocha

3. (derogatory, offensive, slang, uncountable) 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, James T. Farrell, chapter 19, in The Young Manhood of Studs Lonigan

   Synonyms:

   bint, mort, twist, babe, baggage, bim, bird, bitch, blone, broad

Noun (2)

gash (countable and uncountable, plural gashes)

1. (UK, slang, Antarctica) Rubbish, particularly on board a ship or aircraft.
   • […] each man was on 'gash duty' about once in eighteen days.1960, David Brunt, The Royal Society International Geophysical Year Antarctic Expedition, page 17

   Synonyms:

   drek, garbage, refuse, cultch, crap, debris, dreck, junk, litter, pelf

2. (UK, 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 July 8, Charlotte Runcie, Bring the House Down: A Novel, Penguin Group, →ISBN, page 96

   Synonyms:

   bollocks, gobbledygook, mumbo jumbo, absurdity, all my eye, all my eye and Betty Martin, apple grease, applesauce, bafflegab, balderdash

3. (UK, 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, Bennyness, No New Notifications, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 172

   Synonyms:

   cheapie, piece of shit, slop, crapola, garbage, hunk of junk, load of bull, load of crap, load of shit, piece of crap

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