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gashing

gashing noun: the act of making a gash, or cut. Also the present participle and gerund of gash.

Noun

gashing (plural gashings)

  1. The act of making a gash, or cut.
    • Nature prompts to the use of them; for the savage of the woods has the song and the ceremonies of his ancestors, and by the gashings and daubings with which he disfigures his form, denotes his tribe.1821, Theodore Dehon, Sermons, on the Public Means of Grace
  2. The roughing operation for worm gears.

Also used as

gashing is also the present participle and gerund of gash.

Forms of gashing

pluralgashings

Questions about gashing

What does gashing mean?
Gashing means the act of making a gash, or cut.
What part of speech is gashing?
Gashing is a noun.
What is the plural of gashing?
The plural of gashing is gashings.

Words near gashing in the dictionary

  1. gashers
  2. gashes
  3. gashful
  4. Gashgai
  5. Gashi
  6. gashing
  7. gashings
  8. Gashis
  9. gashly
  10. gasholder
  11. gasholders

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