bash

About 0.50 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To strike heavily; to beat.

   The thugs kept bashing the cowering victim.

2. verb 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. verb To criticize harshly.

   He bashed my ideas.

4. noun A forceful blow or impact.

   He got a bash on the head.

5. noun A large party; a gala event.

   They had a big bash to celebrate their tenth anniversary.

6. noun An attempt at doing something.

   give something a bash

7. verb To abash (make ashamed)

Similar words

whap smash knock bang bop bonk whop brawl belt sock

Often followed by

shell the in and at his your for is

Word family

bashed basher bashers bashes bashing bashings