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noun

Bash n.

A forceful blow, especially one that does damage to its target.

A elaborate or lively social gathering or party.

verb

Bash v. t. & v. i. To abash; to disconcert or be disconcerted or put out of countenance. (Obs.) "His countenance was bold and bashed not."

Bash v. t. (past & past part. bashed; pres. part. bashing) To strike heavily; to beat; to crush. (Prov. Eng. & Scot.) "Bash her open with a rock."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Bash" Quotes from Famous Books

... freedom to worship God. (Obstinate, too, like the rest of 'em. He wouldn't worship anybody else's God, only the one he'd set up for himself.) If his wife didn't mind him, he might pray with her or growl over the dinner table, but he wouldn't bash her head in. Understand, Jack, ...

— Old Crow • Alice Brown

... woman I should have been on the verge of hysterics, but being handicapped by manhood, I merely yearned to bash some one on the head as a relief to my feelings; and lest that some one should be Freule Menela, at last I got to my feet and announced my intention of taking a walk in ...

— The Chauffeur and the Chaperon • C. N. Williamson

... "by grab, she's half gold—I'm going to take it and bash out his brains!" He rose to his knees and scrambled about and the boy dropped his hand to his gun. "I'm going to kill him!" raved the man, "the danged old lizard-herder—he went off ...

— Wunpost • Dane Coolidge

... I know. Just as I was sailing for France I got a letter from Uncle Bash stating in the most businesslike fashion that he was about to be married to a lady he had met on his trip out to Japan. The dire event was to occur at the American Embassy the following day. From ...

— Lady Larkspur • Meredith Nicholson

... gen'leman, he mash um mout'; Man ob war buckra, um bash um snout; Golly, yah, yah, ...

— Young Tom Bowling - The Boys of the British Navy • J.C. Hutcheson

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