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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
3.
a crushing blow.
4.
Informal. a thoroughly enjoyable, lively party.

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Idioms
5.
have a bash (at), British. to attempt; make an attempt.
6.
on the bash, British. working as a prostitute.
Origin:
1635–45; perhaps alteration of pash1

Related forms
bash·er, noun
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  • Tidal surges and currents can bash a diver's head against a steel platform.
  • No reason not to bash him for what he did of course.
  • Why don't you go to a country without real freedoms and then maybe you can have a reason to bash.
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bash (bæʃ)
 
—vb (foll by into)
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.  to crash (into); collide (with): to bash into a lamppost
4.  to dent or be dented: this tin is bashed; this cover won't bash easily
 
—n
5.  a heavy blow, as from a fist
6.  a dent; indentation
7.  a party
8.  informal have a bash to make an attempt
 
[C17: of uncertain origin]

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bash
"to strike violently," 1640s, perhaps of Scandinavian origin (cf. Swedish basa "to baste, whip, flog, lash," Danish baske "to beat, strike, cudgel"), from O.N. *basca "to strike;" or the whole group may be independently derived and echoic. Figurative sense of "abuse verbally or in writing" is from 1948.
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On a bash "on a drunken spree" is slang from 1901, which gave the word its sense of "party."
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bash definition

[bæʃ]
  1. n.
    a wild party; a night on the town. : What a bash! I'm exhausted!
  2. in.
    to party; to celebrate. : Let's go out and bash, how 'bout it?
  3. tv.
    to criticize; to join in the destructive criticism of someone or something. : A bunch of old Jonathan Computer fans love to bash Macrosoft whenever they can.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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bash definition


Bourne Again SHell. GNU's command interpreter for Unix. Bash is a Posix-compatible shell with full Bourne shell syntax, and some C shell commands built in. The Bourne Again Shell supports Emacs-style command-line editing, job control, functions, and on-line help. Written by Brian Fox of UCSB.
The latest version is 1.14.1. It includes a yacc parser, the interpreter and documentation.
(ftp://ftp.gnu.org/bash-1.14.1.tar.gz) or from a GNU archive site. E-mail: . Usenet newsgroup: news:gnu.bash.bug.
(1994-07-15)

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