gash vs stab

gash

noun
  • Rubbish on board an aircraft. 

  • A deep cut. 

  • A vulva. 

  • Unused film or sound during film editing. 

  • Rubbish, spare kit. 

  • A woman. 

  • Poor quality beer, usually watered down. 

adj
  • ghastly; hideous 

  • Of poor quality; makeshift; improvised; temporary; substituted. 

verb
  • To make a deep, long cut; to slash. 

stab

noun
  • The horizontal or vertical stabilizer of an aircraft. 

  • A wound made by stabbing. 

  • An act of stabbing or thrusting with an object. 

  • Pain inflicted on a person's feelings. 

  • Criticism. 

  • An attempt. 

  • A single staccato chord that adds dramatic impact to a composition. 

  • A bacterial culture made by inoculating a solid medium, such as gelatin, with the puncture of a needle or wire. 

verb
  • To injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or slander. 

  • To pierce or to wound (somebody) with a (usually pointed) tool or weapon, especially a knife or dagger. 

  • To thrust in a stabbing motion. 

  • To roughen a brick wall with a pick so as to hold plaster. 

  • To cause a sharp, painful sensation (often used with at). 

  • To pierce folded sheets, near their back edges, for the passage of thread or wire. 

  • To recklessly hit with the tip of a (usually pointed) object, such as a weapon or finger (often used with at). 

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