WORD FOR THE DAY

Your word for today is: gash, n.2

gash, n.2

Pronunciation: Brit. /ɡaʃ/,  U.S. /ɡæʃ/,  Sc. /ɡaʃ/

Etymology: Related to gash adj.2, gash adv.1, gash v.2: see discussion at gash adj.2 and adv.1

Sc.

  Talk, esp. when foolish, inconsequential, or insolent; prattle, gossip. Also in to set up one's gash: to talk, esp. insolently.
Sc. National Dict. (at cited word) records this word as still in use in Banffshire in 1927, and in Inverness-shire, Angus, Stirlingshire, Edinburgh, and Wigtownshire in 1954.

1787  W. Taylor Scots Poems 86 While I this night, in namely cot,..Shall wish his health wi' loyal gash; An' than shall weet my whistle.

1801  W. Beattie Fruits Time Parings 19 Wi' this the wife sets up her gash.

1810  J. Cock Simple Strains 135 Wad ye set up your gash, nae fau't, Ye crustie foul-moud tyke!

1880 Brechin Advertiser 27 Apr. 3 ‘Do ye think,’ cried Jim, ‘I care..for a' the saucy gash you've spoken!’

a1899  D. Nicolson MS Coll. Caithness Words in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1900) II. 566/2 Gie's nane o' yer gash.

[1992  I. Bamforth Sons & Pioneers iii. 77 Cape Breton where Gaelic was a suggestive drift in the blather and gab-gash.]

Written by NativeEnglish

Native English Spain is dedicated to make learning English simple, fun and affordable for Spanish people.