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bash

[ bash ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to strike with a crushing or smashing blow.
  2. Chiefly British, Canadian. to hurl harsh verbal abuse at.


noun

  1. a crushing blow.
  2. Informal. a thoroughly enjoyable, lively party.

bash

/ bæʃ /

verb

  1. tr to strike violently or crushingly
  2. tr; often foll by in, down, etc to smash, break, etc, with a crashing blow

    to bash a door down

  3. intrfoll byinto to crash (into); collide (with)

    to bash into a lamppost

  4. to dent or be dented

    this cover won't bash easily

    this tin is bashed



noun

  1. a heavy blow, as from a fist
  2. a dent; indentation
  3. a party
  4. have a bash informal.
    have a bash to make an attempt

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Other Words From

  • basher noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of bash1

First recorded in 1635–45; perhaps of expressive origin

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Word History and Origins

Origin of bash1

C17: of uncertain origin

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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. have a bash (at), British. to attempt; make an attempt.
  2. on the bash, British. working as a prostitute.

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Example Sentences

For weeks preceding the bash, Hitch refuses to have anything to do with it.

Another Dem who has been just a heart-beat (or a lamp bash) away from being president.

Just look at the rhetoric used by angry 1970s rock fans to bash disco.

Kadyrov had organized another big party last weekend, even before the Putin birthday bash.

Rapper The Game was also in attendance at that bash, as well as Jessica Alba, Eddie Murphy, and Paris Hilton, among others.

Mother: "I don't care wot yer do so long as yer don't bash 'er abaht the 'ead."

Next morning, when Bash Tchelik left the cave, the prince came and learned the secret from his wife.

So perished Bash Tchelik, and thus did the prince finally regain his beloved and loyal wife.

The prince thankfully took the feather and started once more in pursuit of Bash Tchelik.

Thereupon Bash Tchelik disappeared with the princess, and her husband remained to wonder what he should do next.

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