bash

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bash /b'æʃ/ (bashes bashing bashed)
1 [N-COUNT]
A bash is a party or celebration, especially a large one held by an official organization or attended by famous people. (INFORMAL)
He threw one of the biggest showbiz bashes of the year as a 36th birthday party for Jerry Hall.
2 [VERB] V n, V n prep/adv, be/get V-ed prep/adv, also be/get V-ed
If someone bashes you, they attack you by hitting or punching you hard. (INFORMAL)
If someone tried to bash my best mate they would have to bash me as well...
I bashed him on the head and dumped him in the cold, cold water...
Two women were hurt and the chef was bashed over the head with a bottle.
3 [VERB] V n prep/adv, V prep/adv, also V n
If you bash something, you hit it hard in a rough or careless way. (INFORMAL)
Too many golfers try to bash the ball out of sand. That spells disaster...
A stand-in drummer bashes on a single snare and a pair of cymbals.
4 [N-COUNT] usu N on n
If you get a bash on a part of your body, someone or something hits you hard, or you bump into something. (INFORMAL)
= knock
5 [VERB] V n
To bash someone means to criticize them severely, usually in a public way. (JOURNALISM)
The President could continue to bash Democrats as being soft on crime.
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see also -bashing

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