🍗 To moisten food 👊 To hit hard 🧵 To sew loosely 🧵 A loose stitch

to baste

2 9.5

To hit someone repeatedly and very hard

verb
/beɪst/

Offensive

: apalear

He was basted for refusing to follow the gang's orders.

Examples

The bully began to baste... the smaller boy after making fun of him.
Just let me baste Junior again.

Fiction book (1994)
In a fit of anger, he decided to baste... the man who insulted him.

Synonyms

to hit

vsto baste

∞ 1.0

To strike someone or something with force

is violent repeated striking rather than one general forceful contact

to punch

vsto baste

570 1.4

To hit someone or something quickly with a closed fist

is violent repeated striking rather than a single closed fist hit

to strike

vsto baste

508 2.4

To hit someone or something with force

is violent repeated striking rather than a general single contact

to slap

vsto baste

472 1.0

Hit quickly with the flat part of the hand

is repeated violent striking that uses sustained force rather than a quick hand blow

to smack

vsto baste

183 3.5

To hit someone or something with an open hand

is violent repeated striking rather than a single open hand blow

to hammer

vsto baste

151 1.6

To hit something many times to shape or flatten it

is violent repeated striking against people rather than tool-driven shaping

to bash

vsto baste

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97 2.9

To hit someone or something very hard

involves violent repeated strikes rather than a single hard blow

to batter

vsto baste

73 3.5

To hit something many times so it becomes damaged

is violent repeated striking emphasizing great force rather than damage

to pummel

vsto baste

46 6.7

Hit something many times, usually with your fists

hits violently and repeatedly rather than once

to bash in

vsto baste

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34 7.5

Hit something hard so it breaks or opens

is violent repeated striking rather than a possibly single damaging blow

to bludgeon

vsto baste

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33 8.8

To hit someone repeatedly with a heavy stick or club

is violent repeated striking that is not limited to heavy weapons

to clobber

vsto baste

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32 7.7

To hit someone or something very hard many times

is violent repeated striking that emphasizes force more than outcome

to smite

vsto baste

Archaic

26 9.8

Hit a person or thing with a heavy blow

is violent repeated striking rather than one heavy blow with a weapon

to slug

vsto baste

Informal

25 4.6

To hit someone or something very hard, often with the fist

is violent repeated striking rather than a single very hard punch

to beat to a pulp

vsto baste

Offensive

17 7.6

Hit someone many times until they are badly hurt or win against them very clearly

is violent repeated striking but not necessarily ending in severe injury

to assail

vsto baste

Formal

16 8.0

To attack violently, upset someone deeply or criticize them strongly

is violent repeated physical striking rather than any forceful attack

to thrash

vsto baste

NSFW

13 6.5

Hit someone hard, often as punishment or in a fight

focuses on violent repeated strikes regardless of punishment motive

to bop

vsto baste

Informal

11 6.1

To hit someone quickly in a light, playful way

is violent repeated striking rather than quick playful hits

to strike hard

vsto baste

10 3.7

Hit someone or something very hard

means repeated violent striking rather than a single sharp forceful blow

to wallop

vsto baste

Informal

6 7.3

To hit something or someone very hard

is violent repeated striking rather than one very hard blow

to bashing

vsto baste

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5 3.2

To hit something or someone hard and repeatedly

is violent repeated striking especially noted for great force

to boff

vsto baste

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2 9.0

To hit someone or something hard, often by accident

is violent repeated striking rather than a sudden informal single hit

to biff

vsto baste

Informal

1 9.8

To hit someone or something suddenly and hard, often with your fist

is violent repeated striking rather than a sudden single blow

to swack

vsto baste

Archaic

1 9.9

To hit someone or something hard

is violent repeated striking rather than usually one forceful blow

to pommel

vsto baste

NSFW

1 9.3

To hit someone or something again and again with your fists

is repeated violent striking not limited to fists

to lambast

vsto baste

NSFW

1 8.8

To hit someone many times with a stick

is violent repeated striking without a specific instrument

to lam into

vsto baste

Informal

9.9

To hit someone or something violently, often by running into them

is repeated violent striking rather than any violent single attack

to bastinado

vsto baste

Offensive

9.9

To beat the soles of someone's feet as a form of punishment

is violent repeated striking generally rather than a specific foot punishment

Antonyms

to caress

52 3.4

To touch someone or something gently to show love

to pamper

45 3.7

To give someone too much care and special treatment

How Violent

to baste

Offensive

2 9.5

to batter

73 3.5

to beat

NSFW

∞ 1.2

to hit

∞ 1.0

tap

57 1.0

Surface Forms

baste infinitive

basted past

basted past participle

basting present participle

bastes third person singular

Etymology

To baste meaning to strike comes from an old word meaning 'to beat', so a helpful way to remember it is to think of hitting someone many times. That is why to baste someone can mean to beat or strike them repeatedly.