bash
pronunciation
How to pronounce bash in British English:
UK [bæʃ]
How to pronounce bash in American English:
US [bæʃ]
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- Noun:
- a vigorous blow
- an uproarious party
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- Verb:
- hit hard
Word Origin
- bash (v.)
- "to strike violently," 1640s, perhaps of Scandinavian origin, from Old Norse *basca "to strike" (cognates: Swedish basa "to baste, whip, flog, lash," Danish baske "to beat, strike, cudgel"); or the whole group might be independently derived and echoic. Figurative sense of "abuse verbally or in writing" is from 1948. Related: Bashed; bashing.
- bash (n.)
- "a heavy blow," 1805, from bash (v.). Meaning "an attempt" is attested by 1948. On a bash "on a drunken spree" is slang from 1901, which gave the word its sense of "party."
Example
- 1. Most policymakers remain keener to bash bankers than to consider how to use them in an economically rational way .
- 2. Still others thought the voters were merely taking the chance to bash unpopular national governments .
- 3. We 've just changed the default boot option to open a bash terminal rather than the normal session .
- 4. Unfortunately , various proposals to restrict loans to low earning students partly reflect the federal government 's desire to bash for-profit colleges .
- 5. These days everyone likes to bash bankers .