gash

Plural: gashes

Noun

a wound made by cutting
a trench resembling a furrow that was made by erosion or excavation
a strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument
A deep cut.
A vulva.
A woman.
Rubbish, particularly on board a ship or aircraft.
Nonsense.
Something low quality.
Unused film or sound during film editing.
Poor-quality beer, usually watered down.

Verb

Verb Forms: gashed, gashing, gashes

To make a long, deep cut or incision in something.
cut open
To make a deep, long cut; to slash.

Adj

Of poor quality; makeshift; improvised; temporary; substituted.
Spare, extra.
ghastly; hideous

Adjective

Knowing or shrewd.

Examples

A GASH player always anticipates their opponent’s next move on the Scrabble board.
He felt a need to GASH out a victory, no matter how small, to improve his Words With Friends rating.
My leg got gashed.

Origin / Etymology

Alteration of older garsh, from Middle English garsen, from Old French garser, jarsier (Modern French gercer), from Vulgar Latin *charaxāre, from Ancient Greek χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr, “engraver”).

Synonyms

cut, slash, slice

Scrabble Score: 8

gash: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
gash: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
gash: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

gash: valid Words With Friends Word