-bashing - The Dictionary

bash (b?sh)v. bashed, bash·ing, bash·es v.tr.1. To strike with a heavy, crushing blow: The thug bashed the hood of the car with a sledgehammer.2. To beat or assault severely: The police arrested the men who bashed an immigrant in the park.3. Informal To criticize (another) harshly, accusatorially, and threateningly: “My point is not to bash teachers or healthcare providers” (Richard Weissbourd).v.intr. Informal To engage in harsh, accusatory, threatening criticism.n.1. Informal A heavy, crushing blow.2. Slang A celebration; a party.[Origin unknown.]bash?er n.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.bash?ing (?bæ? ??) n. 1. the act of beating, whipping, or thrashing. 2. a decisive defeat. 3. (used in combination) a. unprovoked physical assaults against members of a specified group: gay-bashing. b. verbal abuse, as of a group or a nation: China-bashing. [1725?1735] Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.