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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

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

Etymology

Origin of bashing

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

Example Sentences

He hasn’t let up on the criticism since, often bashing the state and Newsom on social media.

From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026

Masters champion Rory McIlroy's gameplan of bashing the driver as far as possible came unstuck late on in his round after more erratic tee-shots.

From BBC • May 15, 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

Over and over she remembered her handful of snaps, falling through the wind, hurtling down the sheer rock face into the churning, bashing water far below.

From "Orphan Island" by Laurel Snyder