bashing

See also: Bashing

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbæʃɪŋ/

Verb

bashing

1. present participle and gerund of bash

Noun

bashing (plural bashings)

1. An instance of bashing; a physical or verbal attack.

   Synonym: beating

   • 1960 [1959], Colin MacInnes, Absolute Beginners, New York: Macmillan, page 34:

     I gulped a bit of tea. ‘I bet, Dad,’ I said, ‘you give those poor old 1930s of yours a bit of a bashing.’

   • 2018 May 31, Daniel Boffey, quoting Jean-Claude Juncker, “Russia-bashing must stop, says Jean-Claude Juncker”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     Jean-Claude Juncker has called for an end to “Russia-bashing” two months after scores of Moscow’s diplomats across the EU were expelled in response to the use of a nerve agent in the UK.

Derived terms

• bit bashing
• gay bashing
• granny-bashing
• Paki-bashing
• queer-bashing
• queer bashing
• spud bashing
• spud-bashing
• square bashing
• trans bashing

 

Descendants

• → German: Bashing

Translations

beating — see beating

Further reading

• Jonathon Green (2024) “bashing n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Anagrams

• Bhangis, bhangis