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

• -basher combining form

Etymology

Origin of bashing

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

Example Sentences

Advocates gave a “know your rights” workshop and Amalfitano led a piñata bashing, what the store owner called “a communal form of catharsis,” encouraging students to let out pent-up emotions in a safe way.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 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

In the ad bashing Lululemon, Wilson wrote that “finance focused CEOs don’t know how to attract or motivate creative talent, and even worse, they think they understand great product when they don’t.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 29, 2025

In desperate instances like this, when I’m truly flying blind, I have no alternative but to turn to the same A.I. tools that I just spent the first half of this essay bashing.

From Slate • Oct. 6, 2025

But most guys just got all tense around Joey in normal social situations, like any time when we weren’t out on the pitch and bashing each others’ brains in playing rugby.

From "Winger" by Andrew Smith