Bash
WordNet
noun
(1) A vigorous blow
"The sudden knock floored him"
"He took a bash right in his face"
"He got a bang on the head"
(2) An uproarious party
verb
(3) Hit hard
WiktionaryText
Etymology
From Old Norse, akin to Swedish basa 'to baste, whip, lash, flog', Danish baske 'to beat, strike, cudgel'.
Verb
- To violently pound downward with one's fists.
- The thugs kept bashing the cowering victim.
- To criticize harshly.
- He bashed my ideas.
- To submit to Bash.org, or QDB.
- To strike heavily.
- He bashed himself against the door.
- To collide.
- Don't bash into me with that shopping trolley.