bashverb
uk/bæʃ/us/bæʃ/bash verb (HIT)
[ I or T ] informal to hit hard:
He bashed his arm against a shelf.
UK I could hear her bashing away on the computer (= hitting the keys loudly).
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Hitting and beating
- a bunch of fives idiom
- a rap on/over the knuckles idiom
- at-risk
- bang up sb/sth
- bashing
- conk
- deck
- hell
- kick
- knock
- knock sb's block off idiom
- lay
- lay sb out
- licking
- mess sb up
- pound
- pummel
- put the boot in idiom
- swing
- thump
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bash verb (CRITICIZE)
[ T ] to criticize someone severely:
He kept bashing local government officials.
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Disapproving & criticizing
- -basher
- animadversion
- aspersions
- backbite
- bad-mouth
- belabour
- damn
- damn sb with faint praise idiom
- denounce
- dig
- disapproval
- give sb hell idiom
- lashing
- pitch into sb/sth
- pound
- pound away at sth/sb
- pull sth apart
- put the boot in idiom
- take a dim view of sth idiom
- throw
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Phrasal verb(s)
bash on
bashnoun
uk/bæʃ/us/bæʃ/bash noun (PARTY)
[ C ] informal a party:
He had a big bash for his 18th birthday.
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Informal words for parties
- beanfeast
- beano
- blast
- blowout
- booze-up
- do 1
- knees-up
- mixer
- piss-up
- shindig
- shivoo
bash noun (HIT)
[ C usually singular ] mainlyUK informal a hit:
a bash on the head
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Hitting and beating
- a bunch of fives idiom
- a rap on/over the knuckles idiom
- at-risk
- bang up sb/sth
- bashing
- conk
- deck
- hell
- kick
- knock
- knock sb's block off idiom
- lay
- lay sb out
- licking
- mess sb up
- pound
- pummel
- put the boot in idiom
- swing
- thump
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bash noun (ATTEMPT)
have a bash UK informal
to try to do something you have not done before:
I've never been skiing before, but I'm prepared to have a bash (at it).
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Trying and making an effort
- a blitz on sth idiom
- all-out
- assault
- attempt
- attempted
- bid
- crack
- go the extra mile idiom
- go to great lengths idiom
- God helps those who help themselves idiom
- grasp at sth
- grope
- push
- shoot
- stick
- strain every nerve idiom
- stretch a/the point idiom
- strive
- strove
- succeed
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basher
noun uk/ˈbæʃ.ər/us/ˈbæʃ.ɚ/