bash

noun
noun, Scottish and NZ

1: on the bash:
a: On a drinking bout. (1919 —) .
Kelso Chronicle The village tailor...had an unfortunate weakness for getting terribly 'on the bash' perhaps twice a year (1924).

b: Brit Soliciting as a prostitute. (1936 —) .
Streetwalker From the hours you keep... I'd say you were on the bash (1959).


2: An attempt; esp. in phrase to have a bash (at). (1948 —) .
I. Murdoch Come on...have a bash. You can translate the first word anyway (1957).

3: orig US A good time; a spree; a party. (1948 —) .
Sunday Times He and Lloyd Webber go for the truly megabash, with 1,000 — 1,500 guests, sometimes a sit-down dinner, vast decorated venues and an upmarket guest list (1991). verb trans.

4: to bash up to beat (someone) repeatedly; to thrash or batter. (1954 —) .
I. & P. Opie 'Hand it over—or else'—'I'll bash you up' (the most usual suggestion) (1959).

5: to bash (someone's) ear To talk inordinately to; to harangue. (1962 —) .
Daily Telegraph Mr. Wigg bashes the ear as once he bashed the square (1962).

[Cf. ear-bash.]

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