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Gash vs Lump - What's the difference?

gash | lump |

As nouns the difference between gash and lump

is that gash is a deep cut while lump is something that protrudes, sticks out, or sticks together; a cluster or blob; a mound, hill, or group.

As verbs the difference between gash and lump

is that gash is to make a deep, long cut, to slash while lump is to treat as a single unit; to group together.

gash

English

Noun

(gashes)
  • 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]:
  • 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.
  • (slang, vulgar) A vulva, pussy
  • * 1959 , , (Naked Lunch) , 50th anniversary edition (2009), p. 126:
  • “Oh Gertie it’s true. It’s all true. They’ve got a horrid gash instead of a thrilling thing.”
  • (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.
  • Verb

    (es)
  • To make a deep, long cut, to slash.
  • Anagrams

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    lump

    English

    (wikipedia lump)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something that protrudes, sticks out, or sticks together; a cluster or blob; a mound, hill, or group.
  • Stir the gravy until there are no more lumps .
    a lump''' of coal; a '''lump''' of clay; a '''lump of cheese
  • A group, set, or unit.
  • The money arrived all at once as one big lump sum payment.
  • A small, shaped mass of sugar, typically about a teaspoonful.
  • Do you want one lump or two with your coffee?
  • A dull or lazy person.
  • Don't just sit there like a lump .
  • (informal, as plural) A beating or verbal abuse.
  • He's taken his lumps over the years.
  • *
  • A projection beneath the breech end of a gun barrel.
  • Derived terms

    * lumpectomy * lump in one’s throat * lumpy * lump-sun

    Hyponyms

    * nubble

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To treat as a single unit; to group together.
  • People tend to lump turtles and tortoises together, when in fact they are different creatures.

    See also

    * take one’s lumps * lump it * like it or lump it

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