gashing

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noun

The act of making a gash, or cut.

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Meanings

noungashing (plural gashings)

plural gashings

  1. The act of making a gash, or cut.

    Nature prompts to the use of them; for the savage of the woods has the song and the ceremonies of his ancestors, and by the gashings and daubings with which he disfigures his form, denotes his tribe.

    1821, Theodore Dehon, Sermons, on the Public Means of Grace
  2. engineeringThe roughing operation for worm gears.
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of gash

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

gashing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gashing

MLA

“gashing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gashing. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gashing,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gashing.

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