gash
/ɡæʃ/noun, verb, adjective
gash is spelled G-A-S-H: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 34,063rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, gash means “A deep cut” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of gash is gashes.
How many letters and syllables are in gash?
| Letters | 4: G-A-S-H |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 34,063rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is gash?
Gash appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 34,063rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce gash?
- US /ɡæʃ/
- British /ɡaʃ/
- /ɡɛʃ/
Gash has one syllable.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-gash.ogg, En-uk-gash.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with gash?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as gash from its last stressed vowel (/æʃ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: shag.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of gash
- gashes plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- gashing participle, present
- gashed participle, past
- more gash comparative
- most gash superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does gash mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A deep cut.
Unwittingly I slashed a gushing gash in my hand with a switchblade.
- 2
slangvulgarA vulva.
- 3
derogatoryoffensiveslangA woman.
- 4
UKslangRubbish, particularly on board a ship or aircraft.
- 5
UKslangvulgarNonsense.
- 6
UKslangvulgarSomething low quality.
- 7
slangUnused film or sound during film editing.
- 8
slangPoor-quality beer, usually watered down.
verb
- 1
To make a deep, long cut; to slash.
My leg got gashed.
adjective
- 1
UKslangvulgarOf poor quality; makeshift; improvised; temporary; substituted.
- 2
UKdatedslangSpare, extra.
- 3
ScotlandUKghastly; hideous
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Gash in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does gash come from?
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”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).