bashing

[bash-ing]

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noun

the act of beating, whipping, or thrashing: a series of unsolved bashings and robberies.

a decisive defeat: We gave the visiting team a good bashing.

(used in combination)

unprovoked physical assaults against members of a specified group: gay-bashing.
verbal abuse, as of a group or a nation: feminist-bashing; China-bashing.

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Origin of bashing

First recorded in 1725–35; bash + -ing¹

bash

[bash]

verb (used with object)

to strike with a crushing or smashing blow.

Chiefly British, Canadian. to hurl harsh verbal abuse at.

noun

a crushing blow.

Informal. a thoroughly enjoyable, lively party.

Origin of bash

First recorded in 1635–45; perhaps of expressive origin

Related formsbash·er, noun

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At risk of appearing un-American by not bashing everything Russian, know this: No Olympics are perfect.
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Bashing the education system is a great way to make a buck in America.
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Then a bashing, as you call it, would not frighten you from committing a crime?
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But his resistance should be secret and not open, for a while; there should be no more "bashing" than was absolutely necessary.
The Secret Glory|Arthur Machen
Bashing her dolls' heads was, with this baby, a preliminary to loving them.
The Quiver, Annual Volume 10/1899|Various
Bashing or not, criticism of the media reflects the fact that media expanded their participation in power.
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At that moment William hove out of the night, driving his tent before him by bashing it with a mallet.
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British Dictionary definitions for bashing

bash

verb

(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

noun

a heavy blow, as from a fist

a dent; indentation

a party

have a bash informal to make an attempt

Word Origin for bash

C17: of uncertain origin

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Word Origin and History for bashing

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.

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