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bash

verb
\ ˈbash How to pronounce bash (audio) \
bashed; bashing; bashes

Definition of bash

 (Entry 1 of 2)

transitive verb

1 : to strike violently : hit also : to injure or damage by striking : smash —often used with in
2 : to attack physically or verbally media bashing celebrity bashing

intransitive verb

: crash
bash away
British, informal
: to work hard at something That is exactly what I tell myself as I bash away in the gym …— Jay Rayner
bash on
British, informal
: to continue to work at something : carry on … I'm a lot less sure about what I'm meant to be, or do, in a time of undeniable middle age. I guess I will just bash on as ever, and hope I don't appear too ridiculous as I do so.— Becky Sheaves
bash out
British, informal
: to produce (something) quickly : bang out Three years ago Piaggio disappointed enthusiasts by axing the retro Vespa's production. But Indian company LML continued to bash out copies that flew out of the dealers, especially in Italy …— Harriet Ridley
bash up
chiefly British, informal
: to attack (someone) physically : to hit (someone) repeatedly Umpires being lampooned or even bashed up [=beaten up] in schools, college and league cricket is hardly rare.— Ayaz Memon

bash

noun

Definition of bash (Entry 2 of 2)

1 : a forceful blow
2 : a festive social gathering : party
3 chiefly British : try, attempt have a bash at it
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Verb

basher noun

Examples of bash in a Sentence

Verb

 I bashed my arm against the door. Someone bashed him over the head with a chair. They tried to bash the door open.

Noun

 We threw her a birthday bash. She gave me a bash on the head.
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Recent Examples on the Web: Verb

 Strong counterprogramming to the (shabby) complaint that there’s much monotonous, homogenous ball bashing in tennis. 18. — Jon Wertheim, SI.com, "2019 U.S. Open Seed Reports," 22 Aug. 2019 The cakes, actually, didn’t come out all that bad, even though Corden bashed all of them. — Nick Romano, EW.com, "Nailed It host Nicole Byer judges James Corden's staff in hilarious baking challenge," 16 Aug. 2019 That childhood memory and others came to mind this week when President Trump engaged in another conservative ritual -- bashing Baltimore. — John Blake, CNN, "What both the left and the right get wrong about my neighborhood in Baltimore," 3 Aug. 2019 Interesting side note: No actual ice dragons were available during production (bummer,) so sound engineers took turns bashing ice slabs with a hammer to create some of the frigid monster noises. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Here are the hottest video games to test drive at Comic-Con," 18 July 2019 Especially, especially Southern, like bashing the South. — John Hammontree | [email protected], al.com, "Roy Wood Jr. on Southern comedy, The Daily Show and growing up in Birmingham," 15 July 2019 University of Florida researchers say bashing in an iguana’s head and destroying its brain quickly is the most humane way to kill one. —

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