bash

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /bæʃ/

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Noun

Singular bash

Plural bashes

1. If you are going to a bash, you are going to a large party.

   We are going to have a bash!

2. A bash is an attack.

   The guys went out to bash a few gays.

Verb

Plain form bash

Third-person singular bashes

Past tense bashed

Past participle bashed

Present participle bashing

1. To bash someone is to attack them, often with fists; to strike hard.

   Gay bashing is deplorable.

   The bully always bashes the little kids.

2. If someone bashes your idea, that means they don't like it.

   My plan was subject to much bashing by the press.

3. To bash is to run into; to collide; to smash.

   I was bashed against the wall, and it hurt.