bash
verb /bæʃ/
/bæʃ/
(informal)Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they bash | /bæʃ/ /bæʃ/ |
| he / she / it bashes | /ˈbæʃɪz/ /ˈbæʃɪz/ |
| past simple bashed | /bæʃt/ /bæʃt/ |
| past participle bashed | /bæʃt/ /bæʃt/ |
| -ing form bashing | /ˈbæʃɪŋ/ /ˈbæʃɪŋ/ |
- [transitive, intransitive] to hit somebody/something very hard
- bash somebody/something + adv./prep. He bashed her over the head with a hammer.
- He had been attacked and bashed about a bit.
- bash into somebody/something I braked too late and bashed into the car in front.
Synonyms hithit- knock
- bang
- strike
- bump
- bash
- hit to come against somebody/something with force, especially causing damage or injury:
- The boy was hit by a speeding car.
- knock to hit something so that it moves or breaks; to put somebody/something into a particular state or position by hitting them/it:
- Someone had knocked a hole in the wall.
- bang to hit something in a way that makes a loud noise:
- The baby was banging the table with his spoon.
- strike (formal) to hit somebody/something hard:
- The ship struck a rock.
- bump to hit somebody/something by accident:
- In the darkness I bumped into a chair.
- bash (informal) to hit against something very hard:
- I braked too late, bashing into the car in front.
- to hit/knock/bang/bump/bash against somebody/something
- to knock/bang/bump/bash into somebody/something
- to hit/strike the ground/floor/wall
Extra Examples- She bashed him so hard she broke his nose.
- Someone bashed him on the nose.
- He stood up, bashing his head on the low ceiling.
- The boy bashed the kid's head against the wall and then ran off.
Oxford Collocations Dictionarypreposition- on
- with
- bash somebody about
- bash somebody up
- [transitive] bash somebody/something to criticize somebody/something strongly
- Bashing politicians is normal practice in the press.
- a liberal-bashing administration
Word Originmid 17th cent. (as a verb): imitative, perhaps a blend of bang and smash, dash, etc.