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How to use gash in a sentence

19 example sentences · noun, verb, adjective

Gash means a deep cut. Example: “Unwittingly I slashed a gushing gash in my hand with a switchblade.”

Examples of gash by meaning

nounA deep cut.

  • Unwittingly I slashed a gushing gash in my hand with a switchblade.
  • With his whetted dagger he slit a gash in the serpent's middle.1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 46
  • The victim of the attack, Russell Mills, suffered a head gash, a broken knee cap and a broken wrist.1983 April 23, Sue Hyde, “Castro Bashers Jailed”, in Gay Community News, page 2

verbTo make a deep, long cut; to slash.

  • My leg got gashed.

nounRubbish, particularly on board a ship or aircraft.

  • You will learn flight safety, aircraft duties, uniform, SEP, oxyCrew, gash cart, safety card, bar seals, life jacket, diagram, uplift, C209, plonky kit, Crew lounge!2007 04, Liz And Julie, You F`Coffee Sir, BingBong Ltd, →ISBN, page 104

adjectiveSpare, extra.

  • "All gash kit?1987, Simon Raven, The Sabre Squadron: A Novel, →ISBN

More sentences with gash

  • The nurse will dab some ointment on that gash.From the entry dab
  • Her heart constricted when she saw thick blood oozing from a wide gash in his forehead.2011, Karen Mahoney, The Iron Witch, Flux, →ISBN, page 278. From the entry ooze
  • They bandaged him up, butterflying some of the deeper gashes and gave him a couple of shots.2006, Paul Garber, Newton's Force, page 256. From the entry butterfly
  • A deep gash six inches in length was scraped in the ground.2006, Louis Mallett, The history of the people of Malay Camp, Kimberley. From the entry kennetjie
  • “Lucky we are, Your Grace, no gashes that I see.2011, Brennan Pursell, The Spanish Match, page 26. From the entry preen
  • I gauzed the deep cuts and gashes.2007, Brandon Pena, Twilight’s Angel, page 161. From the entry gauze
  • The kennetjie was laid cross-wise over the gash.2006, Louis Mallett, The history of the people of Malay Camp, Kimberley. From the entry kennetjie
  • Away to the south-west ran the French Concession, its tree-lined avenues gashes of green through the grey roofs.1990, Harriet Sergeant, Shanghai: Collision Point of Cultures, 1918-1939, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 11. From the entry Nantao
  • They’ve got a horrid gash instead of a thrilling thing.”1962 [1959], William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch, New York: Grove Press, page 150. From the entry thing
  • But some of these battle-ax beauties have seen more action than a roller derby queen: They bear the gashes and sweat stains to prove it.2013, Kiley Armstrong, “"108 Rock Star Guitars" reveals battle-ax beauty”, in Associated Press. From the entry battle axe
  • "I am wounded, too," he added, as he now felt for the first time, the smartling pain of the gash in his side.1968, Graham's Magazine, volume 8, page 206. From the entry smartle
  • Kitsch may be the only word for a sculpture consisting of several tall, vertical chrome pylons punctuated with drippy, woundlike gashes that glow with changing LED colors.2009 September 25, Roberta Smith, “In Chelsea, a Chapter in Abstract Art and Some Long Verse”, in New York Times. From the entry woundlike
  • The early settlers either boxed the tree or cut large slanting gashes, from the lower end of which a rudely fashioned spout conducted the sap to a bucket.1918 April, F. L. B., “The Maple Sugar Industry”, in Forest Leaves, volume XVI, number 8 (number 184 overall), Philadelphia, Pa.…. From the entry box

Meaning of gash

  1. noun A deep cut.
  2. noun A vulva.
  3. noun A woman.

Full definition of gash

Questions about gash in a sentence

How do you use gash in a sentence?
Gash is used as a noun, verb and adjective. For example: “Unwittingly I slashed a gushing gash in my hand with a switchblade.”
What is a short sentence with gash?
“"All gash kit?”
What does gash mean?
Gash means a deep cut.

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