Mary Roach

I had a bike accident a few years ago, and I went to the emergency room, and I had to have a gash sewn up. And I am the kind of person that I was sitting up fascinated, watching, to the extent that the doctor said, 'Do you want to do a couple of stitches? You seem to be very interested.

American Author

Christopher Buckley

At the senior prom for my Catholic boarding school, I was feeling manly, so I shaved, even though I didn't need to. Being inexperienced, I managed to slice a quarter-inch gash into my lower chin a half hour before I picked up my date.

American Novelist

Roger Zelazny

I got the idea for my novel 'Lord of Light' when I cut myself shaving just before I was to go on a panel at a convention. I had to go out there with this big gash in my face. I remember that I thought, 'I wish I could change bodies.

American Writer

David Hewson

Old Filey lies around the Ravine, a glacial gash running down to Coble Landing. This is the fishing Filey of centuries past, with neat little terraced cottages and a cluster of attractive 18th century houses.

British Author

Gwendolyn Brooks

Exhaust the little moment. Soon it dies. And be it gash or gold it will not come Again in this identical guise.

American Poet

Kris Marshall

Once, while exploring Seville Cathedral, I walked into a metal bar and gashed my head.

English Actor

Indicates a serious injury, more severe than a scratch or nick.

Severity of Injury

Imagine a deep, open cut to grasp the severity suggested by 'gash'.

Visualization

Often requires professional medical treatment, like stitches.

Medical Attention

Conveys an action that caused a serious cut, done with force or by a sharp object.

Action Intensity

Use 'gashed' to suggest the cut was accidental, not intentional.

Accidental Context

Use 'gashed' to imply a quick and unexpected injury.

Suddenness

Considered slang, appropriate in casual conversation, not formal settings.

Informal Use

Carries a strong negative connotation, indicating something is very bad or poor quality.

Negative Connotation

Primarily used in the UK, might not be understood elsewhere.

Regional Variation

 for over an hour they dive deeper than sperm whales it's really incredible what they have to go through just to make a living but here on the beach where they look like they're just resting and hanging out it's still a battle perfectly to the death you see these huge bulls that are bleeding and gashed

This Seal Looks Lazy —...

 they want to go for that region of the body. The only thing that I really could do was keep myself from falling down and making sure that they didn't get behind me. After a while, it really started to hurt. There were gashes on my arms. They were essentially just opening up the wounds more.

Surviving a Coyote...

 eyewitnesses say it took over two hours to sink which confuses experts who believed a hole that size would have caused the Titanic to sink much faster investigations confirm that the iceberg created smaller punctures below the waterline and not a large gash which

How Did the 'Unsinkable'...

 Look at this 100-square-kilometer gash in the forest created by gold miners. You see the forest in green in 3D, and you see the effects of gold mining down below the soil surface. Species have nowhere to migrate in a system like this, obviously.

Greg Asner: Ecology from...

 He came out. He had a big gash on his head, a split lip, and he was physically shaken. I was looking at him, and I asked the boys to call for their mom, because I needed to go to the hospital with him. They called for their mom. She came out.

Don't feel sorry for...

 Is because mines was raped away along with my history I speak broken English so the profusing gashes can remind us That our current state is not a mystery I’m so tired of the negative images that are driving my people mad

Jamila Lyiscott: 3 ways...

 anything silly there you'll just stay right where you are lovely elephant you're taking legal photograph of you throwing sound on coming right past oh she's got a nasty gash in her tusks there isn't that fantastic

Safari Live - Day 146 PIPE...

 whatever the universe slings of me believe me I can take it all asteroids comets balls of ice I grab from the depths of planetary space and absorb them with little more than a black gash in my size

Born to Rule by Roger...

 put together these beautiful words listen for the magic there's a wolf in me fangs pointed for tearing gashes and a red tongue for the hot lapping of blood the wilderness gave it to me and

Rediscovering ourselves...

 know what you think for you for taking fight oh he's biting it he bit the leg that time big gash over here yeah I know the human leg is gone the foot in the

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