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• bashing
  bashing

  noun

  the act of beating, whipping, or thrashing.
• -bashing
  -bashing

bashing

American  

[bash-ing] / ˈbæʃ ɪŋ /

noun

• bashings
  plural

1. the act of beating, whipping, or thrashing.

   a series of unsolved bashings and robberies.

2. a decisive defeat.

   We gave the visiting team a good bashing.

3. (used in combination)

   1. unprovoked physical assaults against members of a specified group.

      gay-bashing.

   2. verbal abuse, as of a group or a nation.

      feminist-bashing; China-bashing.

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-bashing British  

combining form

1. informal

   1. indicating a malicious attack on members of a particular group

      queer-bashing

      union-bashing

   2. indicating any of various other activities

      Bible-bashing

      spud-bashing

      square-bashing

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• -basher
  combining form

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• bashings
  plural

Etymology

Origin of bashing

First recorded in 1725–35; bash + -ing ¹ ( def. )

Example Sentences

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bashing bashings

The jet then tore through a perimeter fence, bashing an SUV traveling on a public road and hitting a second fence line separating an area where robotaxis were parked, she said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026

He hasn’t let up on the criticism since, often bashing the state and Newsom on social media.

From MarketWatch ● May 19, 2026

Advocates gave a “know your rights” workshop and Amalfitano led a piñata bashing, what the store owner called “a communal form of catharsis,” encouraging students to let out pent-up emotions in a safe way.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2026

The Australian actor joked that his upbringing "on farms where we were bashing about in old cars" helped prepare him for the car chasing stunts.

From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2026

It wrenched itself free of the other trike’s horn and spun, bashing the triceratops with its thick tail.

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older

The only material thing I really wanted was a new hat, for yester morning's milk and subsequent bashings and bruisings had ruined my old one.

From The Yeoman Adventurer by George W. Gough