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• present participle of bash.

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  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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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

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

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

"We have heard a lot of European bashing in the last few days," Lagarde said at the closing session of the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in the Swiss Alps.

From Barron's ● Jan. 23, 2026

His team is languishing until Sonny gets behind the wheel and Robert Plant starts wailing and John Bonham begins bashing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2025

You could see the whole field from there, and you could see the two teams bashing each other all over the place.

From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger

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 Gough, George W.