BASH

knock, bash, bang, smash, belt

(noun) a vigorous blow; “the sudden knock floored him”; “he took a bash right in his face”; “he got a bang on the head”

bash, do, brawl

(noun) an uproarious party

sock, bop, whop, whap, bonk, bash

(verb) hit hard

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Verb

bash (third-person singular simple present bashes, present participle bashing, simple past and past participle bashed)

To strike heavily.

To collide.

To criticize harshly.

(British, slang) To masturbate.

Noun

bash (plural bashes)

A large party; gala event.

An attack that consists of placing all one's weight into a downward attack with one's fists.

Etymology 2

Verb

bash (third-person singular simple present bashes, present participle bashing, simple past and past participle bashed)

(obsolete, transitive) To abash; to disconcert or be disconcerted or put out of countenance.

Anagrams

• AHBs, Bahs, HABs, HBAs, Habs, bahs, habs, shab

Etymology

Proper noun

Bash

(computing) the Free Software Foundation's command interpreter (the "shell") for UNIX-like operating system.

(computer languages) Scripting language provided with this interpreter.

Shortening of Sebastian

Anagrams

• AHBs, Bahs, HABs, HBAs, Habs, bahs, habs, shab

Source: Wiktionary


Bash, v. t. & i. Etym: [OE. baschen, baissen. See Abash.]

Definition: To abash; to disconcert or be disconcerted or put out of countenance. [Obs.] His countenance was bold and bashed not. Spenser.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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