Entry Word: bash

Function: verb

Meaning: 1 to come into usually forceful contact with something <the car bashed into the tree with glass-shattering force> — see hit 2
2 to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner <you have to bash that door hard in order to get it open> — see hit 1
3 to strike repeatedly <the angry child kept bashing her toy with a hammer until it broke> — see beat 1