1. making a long, deep cut or wound
Usage: present participle of ‘gash’

1. very large or severe
Usage: British informal

Examples

• The broken glass was gashing his arm badly.
• She accidentally gashed her finger while chopping vegetables.
• The sharp rock was gashing the boat’s hull.
• That’s a gashing great hole in the wall.
• He made a gashing error on the exam.
• The storm left gashing damage to the roof.