bash.
To strike heavily; to beat.
Meaning & usage
To strike heavily; to beat.
The thugs kept bashing the cowering victim.
If the engine won't start, bash it with this hammer.
To collide; used with into or together.
Don't bash into me with that shopping trolley.
To criticize harshly.
He bashed my ideas.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English *basshen, *basken, likely from Old Norse *baska (“to strike”), akin to Swedish basa (“to baste, whip, lash, flog”), Danish baske (“to beat, strike, cudgel”), German patschen (“to slap”)
A forceful blow or impact.
He got a bash on the head.
A large party; a gala event.
They had a big bash to celebrate their tenth anniversary.
An attempt at doing something.
give something a bash
I'm not sure I'll be any good at this, but let me have a bash.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English *basshen, *basken, likely from Old Norse *baska (“to strike”), akin to Swedish basa (“to baste, whip, lash, flog”), Danish baske (“to beat, strike, cudgel”), German patschen (“to slap”)
To abash (make ashamed)
Where this word comes from
From Middle English baschen, baissen. See abash.
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