Bash

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æʃ

From Old Norse, akin to Swedish basa 'to baste, whip, lash, flog', Danish baske 'to beat, strike, cudgel', German patschen ("to slap")

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Full definition of bash

Verb

1. To strike heavily.He bashed himself against the door.The thugs kept bashing the cowering victim.
2. To collide.Don't bash into me with that shopping trolley.
3. To criticize harshly.He bashed my ideas.

Noun

1. A large party; gala event.They had a big bash to celebrate their tenth anniversary.
2. An attack that consists of placing all one's weight into a downward attack with one's fists.

Derived terms

• bashment

Old English baschen, baissen. See abash.

Verb

1. (obsolete, transitive) To abash; to disconcert or be disconcerted or put out of countenance.
• SpenserHis countenance was bold and bashed not.

Anagrams

• bahs
• habs, Habs