1. a long deep slash, cut, or wound: "a bad gash in one leg became infected"
▪ a cleft made as if by a slashing cut: "the blast ripped a 25-foot gash in the hull"
2. the vulva.vulgar slang
▪ women collectively regarded in sexual terms.offensive
verb
1. make a gash in; cut deeply:"the jagged edges gashed their fingers"
Word OriginMiddle Englishgarse, from Old French garcer ‘to chap, crack’, perhaps based on Greek kharassein ‘sharpen, scratch, engrave’. The current spelling is recorded from the mid 16th century.
