v., bashed, bash·ing, bash·es. v.tr.
- To strike with a heavy, crushing blow: The thug bashed the hood of the car with a sledgehammer.
- To beat or assault severely: The police arrested the men who bashed an immigrant in the park.
- Informal. To criticize (another) harshly, accusatorially, and threateningly: "He bashed the . . . government unmercifully over the . . . spy affair" (Lally Weymouth).
To engage in harsh, accusatory, threatening criticism.
n.
- Informal. A heavy, crushing blow.
- Slang. A celebration; a party.
[Origin unknown.]
basher bash'er n.
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