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• present participle of bash.

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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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Derived Forms

• -basher
  combining form

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• bashings
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of bashing

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

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Example Sentences

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bashing bashings

But a viral social-media post this weekend took Grantham bashing a step further by looking at the investing legend’s own investments.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 29, 2026

Paramount declined to comment on the remarks by Hegseth, a former Fox News host who has a lot of experience in bashing the mainstream media.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2026

When he’s not celebrating the candy, he’s often bashing its owner.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 28, 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

Stuff is combining and bashing with other stuff.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti

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

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