to bash
- verb
- /bæʃ/
- NSFW
- During the game, the player bashed the ball against the opponent's goal post.
I can do boom, I can bash it out the park, then I have to stop.
- I can do boom, I can bash it out the park, then I have to stop.
- We're not here to bash them up, wrap them up and Chuck them out.
- Oh, God, this guy's going to he's going to totally bash us.
- And yeah, ow, this is the only thing about glass bottles is you bash your teeth on them.
- Like I, I am a hardcore just put my, my head down and bash my head through a wall work ethic type of person.
- Smash, smash, crash bash, smash and get a little soup container.
- It's more just a shot like when you're going and then you just bash it.
Examples
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Tor gives up and simply bashes through the locked gate.
Fiction book (1994) -
I'm gonna bash someone's skull in.
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Get a bed and bash it over your head.
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Something to bash me on the head with?
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So if you come at me I'm gonna bash your head in.
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You know, you get an axe or a ram and bash it in.
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A rolling pin bashes him on the back of the head.
Fiction book (1998) -
This is a threatened invading force that may well bash its way through our fence the way they did the Guatemalan fence.
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Adrenaline pumping, Nick bashes a switch and the Pandora screen glows with movie light.
Fiction book (1993) -
He took a hammer and bashed the nail into the wall with great force.
Synonyms
To strike someone or something with force
To hit someone or something with force
To hit someone or something quickly with a closed fist
To hit someone or something hard so it makes a loud sound
To hit something again and again very hard
To hit something many times to shape or flatten it
To hit something many times so it becomes damaged
To hit someone or something with an open hand
Hit something many times, usually with your fists
To hit someone or something very hard
To hit someone very hard
To hit someone repeatedly with a heavy stick or club
To hit someone or something very hard many times
Hit someone many times until they are badly hurt or win against them very clearly
Hit a person or thing with a heavy blow
To hit someone or something very hard, often with the fist
To hit something quickly to make a short sharp sound
To hit someone or something hard with a heavy stick
Hit someone hard, often as punishment or in a fight
To hit a person or thing lightly, often by accident
To hit someone or something with a quick strong blow
Hit someone or something very hard
To hit something or someone very hard
To hit someone or something hard
To hit someone quickly in a light, playful way
To hit something or someone hard and make a loud sound
To hit forcefully with the hand or a flat object
To hit something very hard with a large heavy tool with a long handle
To hit someone or something hard with the fist
To hit someone repeatedly and very hard
To hit someone or something very hard and damage it
To hit something suddenly with great force
To hit something quickly with a short, sharp blow
To hit something hard so it makes a loud sound
To hit someone very hard or to shock someone very much
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Etymology
Bash meaning 'to hit hard' likely began as a simple word for a strong, noisy strike, much like the idea behind the word smash. That's why we say someone 'bashed' the table when they hit it very hard.