Meaning

(informal) To strike heavily; to beat..

Definitions by Sense

1. (informal) To strike heavily; to beat.
2. (informal) To collide; used with into or together.
3. (transitive, informal) To criticize harshly.
4. (informal) A forceful blow or impact.
5. (informal) A large party; a gala event.
6. (UK, informal) An attempt at doing something.
7. (obsolete, transitive) To abash (make ashamed)

Example Sentences

The thugs kept bashing the cowering victim.

If the engine won't start, bash it with this hammer.

It was planned that the sick men were to crawl over and simultaneously seize the fire-arms and bash us with them while the women flung themselves upon the trackers.

It isn't the creature's fault that it bashed its head against a tree outside our hole.

Don't bash into me with that shopping trolley.

The bulls backed apart and ran together, tusks clashing — Ed held his trunk down while Conrad curled his high over his head, out of the way of Ed's tusks as the faces bashed together.

He bashed my ideas.

The entertainment industry, the artistic community, and much of the educational establishment, which so profoundly influence American culture, relentlessly assault religion, promote promiscuity, encourage illegitimacy, and bash America.

Word Forms

• bashes
• bashing
• bashed

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Use bash when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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