bashing
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ɪŋ noun
1.
the act of beating, whipping, or thrashing: a series of unsolved bashings and robberies.
2.
a decisive defeat: We gave the visiting team a good bashing.
3.
a.
unprovoked physical assaults against members of a specified group: gay-bashing.
b.
verbal abuse, as of a group or a nation: feminist-bashing; China-bashing.
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verb (used with object)
1.
to strike with a crushing or smashing blow.
2.
Chiefly British, Canadian. to hurl harsh verbal abuse at.
noun
Idioms 3.
a crushing blow.
4.
Informal. a thoroughly enjoyable, lively party.
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
1635–45; perhaps alteration of pash1
Related forms
bash·er, noun
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World English Dictionary
bash (bæʃ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb (foll by into) | |
| 1. | (tr) to strike violently or crushingly |
| 2. | (tr; |
| 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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Word Origin & History
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.
On a bash "on a drunken spree" is slang from 1901, which gave the word its sense of "party."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Slang Dictionary
bash definition[bæʃ]
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bashing definition
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Example sentences
But an ear-bashing from politicians won't fix the problem.
But the bashing that the anonymous professor is taking here is unwarranted if you have not walked in his or her shoes.
The debate is reduced to name calling and people bashing when the science and the facts no longer support the argument.
We saddle up and begin the long ride out, bumping and bashing down glacial valleys.
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