bash (băsh)

v., bashed, bash·ing, bash·es.

v.tr.

1. To strike with a heavy, crushing blow: The thug bashed the hood of the car with a sledgehammer.
2. To beat or assault severely: The police arrested the men who bashed an immigrant in the park.
3. Informal. To criticize (another) harshly, accusatorially, and threateningly: "He bashed the . . . government unmercifully over the . . . spy affair" (Lally Weymouth).

v.intr. Informal
To engage in harsh, accusatory, threatening criticism.

n.

1. Informal. A heavy, crushing blow.
2. Slang. A celebration; a party.

[Origin unknown.]

basher bash'er n.

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