bash

¹bash

verb \ˈbash\

Definition of BASH

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·er noun

Examples of BASH

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

Origin of BASH

origin unknown

First Known Use: 1750

Related to BASH

Synonyms

bang, hit, bump, collide, crash, impact, impinge, knock, ram, slam, smash, strike, swipe, thud

Related Words

bounce, carom, clunk, glance, rebound, ricochet, skim, skip; contact, land, touch; brush, graze, kiss, nudge, scrape, shave, sweep; bulldoze, jostle, muscle, press, push

Near Antonyms

miss, skirt

Rhymes with BASH

Asch, ash, brash, cache, cash, clash, crash, dash, fash, flash, gash, gnash, hash, lash, mash, pash, plash, rash, sash, slash, smash, splash, stash, thrash, thresh, trash

²bash

noun

Definition of BASH

1

: a forceful blow

2

: a festive social gathering : party

3

chiefly British : try, attempt <have a bash at it>

Examples of BASH

1. We threw her a birthday bash.
2. She gave me a bash on the head.

First Known Use of BASH

1805

Related to BASH

Synonyms

bang, ¹blow, bat, beat, belt, biff, bop, box, buffet, bust, chop, clap, clip, clout, crack, cuff, dab, douse [British], fillip, hack, haymaker, hit, hook, knock, larrup [dialect], lash, lick, pelt, pick, plump, poke, pound, punch, rap, slam, slap, slug, smack, smash, sock, spank, stinger, stripe, stroke, swat, swipe, switch, thud, thump, thwack, wallop, welt, whack, wham, whop (also whap)

Related Words

counter, counterblow, counterpunch, counterstroke; body blow, hand, kick, knee, left, one-two, rabbit punch, right, right-hander, roundhouse, shiver, sidewinder, sucker punch, swing, uppercut; cruncher, kayo, knockdown, knockout, KO; bastinado (or bastinade), battering, beating, bludgeoning, clobbering, cudgeling (or cudgelling), drubbing, hammering, lambasting, licking, pasting, pounding, pummeling (also pummelling), thrashing; flogging, walloping, whip, whipping