Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bash"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bash \Bash\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bashed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Bashing}.] [Perh. of imitative origin; or cf. Dan. baske to
strike, bask a blow, Sw. basa to beat, bas a beating.]
To strike heavily; to beat; to crush. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
--Hall Caine.
Bash her open with a rock. --Kipling.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bash \Bash\, v. t. & i. [OE. baschen, baissen. See {Abash}.]
To abash; to disconcert or be disconcerted or put out of
countenance. [Obs.]
His countenance was bold and bashed not. --Spenser.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
bash
n 1: a vigorous blow; "the sudden knock floored him"; "he took a
bash right in his face"; "he got a bang on the head"
[syn: {knock}, {bang}, {smash}, {belt}]
2: an uproarious party [syn: {do}, {brawl}]
v : hit hard [syn: {sock}, {bop}, {whop}, {whap}, {bonk}]
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