gash

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)A deep cut.

   “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.”

   “Vowing that he was “never going to forget the lessons of that day,” President Bush paid tribute last night to the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack, laying wreaths at ground zero, attending a prayer service at St. Paul’s Chapel and making a surprise stop at a firehouse and a memorial museum overlooking the vast gash in the ground where the twin towers once stood.”

2. (countable, slang, uncountable, vulgar)A vulva.

   ““Oh Gertie it’s true. It’s all true. They’ve got a horrid gash instead of a thrilling thing.””

3. (derogatory, offensive, slang, uncountable)A woman.

   “"Will you bastards quit singing the blues? You're young, and there's plenty of gash in the world, and the supply of moon goes on forever," Simonsky said.”

4. (UK, countable, slang, uncountable)Rubbish, particularly on board a ship or aircraft.

   “[…] each man was on 'gash duty' about once in eighteen days.”

   “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!”

   “After scradge and another mug of tea I washed up, tipping the slops into the gash tin […]”

5. (UK, countable, slang, uncountable, vulgar)Nonsense.

   “I hope you don't mind, but instead of “a load of gash” in this paragraph, could we say, “completely without merit”?”

6. (UK, countable, slang, uncountable, vulgar)Something low quality.

   “This new one he's got for free off a friend (I think), but it's absolute gash. It's huge and doesn't fit in with the deco of the room, but because he's got it for nowt he's not arsed about that.”

   “When you load up the game, the first thing you notice is that it looks like complete and utter gash. Everything is made up of ugly blocks.”

   “Well, this chap's obviously just cooked a pile of rancid old gash, no?”

7. (countable, slang, uncountable)Unused film or sound during film editing.
8. (countable, slang, uncountable)Poor-quality beer, usually watered down.

verb

1. To make a deep, long cut; to slash.

   “My leg got gashed.”

adj

1. (UK, not-comparable, slang, vulgar)Of poor quality; makeshift; improvised; temporary; substituted.
2. (UK, dated, not-comparable, slang)Spare, extra.

   “"All gash kit? There won't be no trouble with the books?"”

3. (Scotland, UK, dialectal)ghastly; hideous

name

1. A surname.