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bash

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Verb

  1. To strike heavily; to beat.
    • The thugs kept bashing the cowering victim.
    • If the engine won't start, bash it with this hammer.
  2. To collide. .mw-parser-output .object-usage-tag{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output .deprecated{color:var(--wikt-palette-grey-lime-8,olivedrab)}[with into or together]
    • Don't bash into me with that shopping trolley.
  3. To criticize harshly.
    • He bashed my ideas.

Noun

  1. A forceful blow or impact.
    • He got a bash on the head.
  2. A large party; a gala event.
    • They had a big bash to celebrate their tenth anniversary.
  3. An attempt at doing something.
    • give something a bash
    • I'm not sure I'll be any good at this, but let me have a bash.
    • This was my first bash at macramé, so I'm quite pleased with how it's turned out.

Verb

  1. To abash (make ashamed)

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