Gash vs Gush - What's the difference?
gash | gush |
A deep cut.
* 2006 , New York Times, “Bush Mourns 9/11 at Ground Zero as N.Y. Remembers”, [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/11/nyregion/nyregionspecial3/11bush.html?hp&ex=1158033600&en=e468f88da52557ed&ei=5094&partner=homepage]:
(slang, vulgar) A vulva, pussy
* 1959 , , (Naked Lunch) , 50th anniversary edition (2009),
(slang, offensive) A woman
(slang, British Royal Navy) Rubbish, spare kit
(slang) Rubbish on board an aircraft
(slang) Unused film or sound during film editing
(slang) Poor quality beer, usually watered down.
To make a deep, long cut, to slash.
A sudden rapid outflow.
To flow forth suddenly, in great volume.
* Spenser
To make an excessive display of enthusiasm or sentiment.
As nouns the difference between gash and gush
is that gash is a deep cut while gush is a sudden rapid outflow.As verbs the difference between gash and gush
is that gash is to make a deep, long cut, to slash while gush is to flow forth suddenly, in great volume.gash
English
Noun
(gashes)- 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.
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- “Oh Gertie it’s true. It’s all true. They’ve got a horrid gash instead of a thrilling thing.”
Verb
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* *gush
English
(wikipedia gush)Noun
(gushes)Verb
- A sea of blood gushed from the gaping wound.
