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• present participle of bash.

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• bashing
  bashing

  noun

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

  combining form

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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Noun Inflected Forms

• bashings
  plural

Etymology

Origin of bashing

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

Example Sentences

Mashing up quirky comedy with elements of sci-fi, horror and noir, all of it shot through with heady ideas, the film is all but impossible to categorize.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2022

Mashing snooze is the easiest physical user interaction you can have with an alarm clock, while actually disabling the alarm typically requires switching it off through a far smaller button in a less convenient spot.

From The Verge • Nov. 25, 2021

Mashing them all up into one glorious fracas can be a logistical nightmare, creating irreconcilable inconsistencies between the way characters behave and interact with one another.

From The Guardian • Mar. 30, 2018

Mashing limp romance and artless satire into a ludicrously contrived plot, “The Clapper” lurches from one mirthlessly eccentric scene to another.

From New York Times • Jan. 25, 2018

Mashing the springs down with my foot, I released the sticks from the jaws.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls