gash Definition

gash
noun

gashes
1. A deep open cut or wound.

Thesaurus: wound, cut, gouge, slash, laceration, slit, tear, rent, incision, notch, nick, split.

verb

gashes, gashed, gashing
1. To make a gash in something.

Thesaurus: gouge, wound, cut, tear, split, lacerate, rend, cleave, incise, nick, slash, slit, score, notch.

Etymology: 16c: from French garser to scratch or wound.