gash

Definition

A deep cut.

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”).

Example Sentences

• "Unwittingly I slashed a gushing gash in my hand with a switchblade."
• "Then Beowulf too rallied. With his whetted dagger he slit a gash in the serpent's middle."
• "The victim of the attack, Russell Mills, suffered a head gash, a broken knee cap and a broken wrist."