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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This

bash

[bash] Pronunciation Key

–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.

—Idioms

5.	have a bash (at), British. to attempt; make an attempt.

6.	on the bash, British. working as a prostitute.

[Origin: 1635–45; perh. alter. of pash¹

]

—Related forms

basher, noun

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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

bash   (bāsh) Pronunciation Key
v.   bashed, bash·ing, bash·es

v.   tr.

To strike with a heavy, crushing blow: The thug bashed the hood of the car with a sledgehammer.
To beat or assault severely: The police arrested the men who bashed an immigrant in the park.
Informal To criticize (another) harshly, accusatorially, and threateningly: "He bashed the . . . government unmercifully over the . . . spy affair" (Lally Weymouth).

v. intr. Informal
To engage in harsh, accusatory, threatening criticism.

n.

Informal A heavy, crushing blow.
Slang A celebration; a party.

[Origin unknown.]

bash'er n.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
bash

"to strike violently," 1641, perhaps of Scand. origin (cf. Swed. basa "to baste, whip, flog, lash," Da. baske "to beat, strike, cudgel"), from O.N. *basca "to strike;" or the whole group may be independently derived and echoic. Fig. sense of "abuse verbally or in writing" is from 1948. On a bash "on a drunken spree" is slang from 1901, which gave the word its sense of "party."

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WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This

bash
noun
1.	a vigorous blow; "the sudden knock floored him"; "he took a bash right in his face"; "he got a bang on the head" [syn: knock]
2.	an uproarious party
verb
1.	hit hard [syn: sock]

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Free On-line Dictionary of Computing - Cite This Source - Share This

bash
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: gnu.bash.bug.
(1994-07-15)

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Bash

Bash\, v. t. & i. [OE. baschen, baissen. See Abash.] To abash; to disconcert or be disconcerted or put out of countenance. [Obs.]

His countenance was bold and bashed not. --Spenser.

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Bash

Bash\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bashed; p. pr. & vb. n. Bashing.] [Perh. of imitative origin; or cf. Dan. baske to strike, bask a blow, Sw. basa to beat, bas a beating.] To strike heavily; to beat; to crush. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] --Hall Caine.

Bash her open with a rock. --Kipling.

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