bash
- to strike with a crushing or smashing blow.
- Chiefly British, Canadian. to hurl harsh verbal abuse at.
- a crushing blow.
- Informal. a thoroughly enjoyable, lively party.
- have a bash (at), British. to attempt; make an attempt.
- on the bash, British. working as a prostitute.
Origin of bash
Related Words for bashes
celebration, smash, punch, clobber, whack, slam, slug, spree, strike, pop, wing-dingExamples from the Web for bashes
Contemporary Examples of bashes
Matthew Schmitz bashes Mumford and Sons over at First Things.
Harry bashes into Camilla's umbrella, trademark cheeky grin flashed.
Rubio bashes Crist at every opportunity while leaving Meek untouched.
Historical Examples of bashes
Now alone, Bathurst threw himself down among the bashes in an attitude of utter depression.
Rujub, the JugglerG. A. Henty
bash
- (tr) to strike violently or crushingly
- (tr; often foll by in, down, etc) to smash, break, etc, with a crashing blowto bash a door down
- (intr foll by into) to crash (into); collide (with)to bash into a lamppost
- to dent or be dentedthis tin is bashed; this cover won't bash easily
- a heavy blow, as from a fist
- a dent; indentation
- a party
- have a bash informal to make an attempt
Word Origin for bash
Word Origin and History for bashes
bash
"a heavy blow," 1805, from bash (v.). Meaning "an attempt" is attested by 1948. On a bash "on a drunken spree" is slang from 1901, which gave the word its sense of "party."
bash
"to strike violently," 1640s, perhaps of Scandinavian origin, from Old Norse *basca "to strike" (cf. Swedish basa "to baste, whip, flog, lash," Danish baske "to beat, strike, cudgel"); or the whole group might be independently derived and echoic. Figurative sense of "abuse verbally or in writing" is from 1948. Related: Bashed; bashing.