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 (bæ?) vb1. (tr) to strike violently or crushingly2. (tr; often foll by in, down, etc) to smash, break, etc, with a crashing blow: to bash a door down. 3. (foll by: into) to crash (into); collide (with): to bash into a lamppost. 4. to dent or be dented: this tin is bashed; this cover won’t bash easily. n5. a heavy blow, as from a fist6. a dent; indentation7. a party8. have a bash informal to make an attempt[C17: of uncertain origin]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014bash (bæ?) v.t. 1. to strike with a crushing blow. 2. a. to physically assault; beat up. b. to abuse verbally. n. 3. a crushing blow. 4. a lively social event. [1635?45; appar. of expressive orig.; compare smash, obsolete or dial. pash to hit, Middle English passchen] bash?er, n. Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.bashPast participle: bashedGerund: bashingImperativePresentPreteritePresent ContinuousPresent PerfectPast ContinuousPast PerfectFutureFuture PerfectFuture ContinuousPresent Perfect ContinuousFuture Perfect ContinuousPast Perfect ContinuousConditionalPast ConditionalImperativebashbashPresentI bashyou bashhe/she/it basheswe bashyou bashthey bashPreteriteI bashedyou bashedhe/she/it bashedwe bashedyou bashedthey bashedPresent ContinuousI am bashingyou are bashinghe/she/it is bashingwe are bashingyou are bashingthey are bashingPresent PerfectI have bashedyou have bashedhe/she/it has bashedwe have bashedyou have bashedthey have bashedPast ContinuousI was bashingyou were bashinghe/she/it was bashingwe were bashingyou were bashingthey were bashingPast PerfectI had bashedyou had bashedhe/she/it had bashedwe had bashedyou had bashedthey had bashedFutureI will bashyou will bashhe/she/it will bashwe will bashyou will bashthey will bashFuture PerfectI will have bashedyou will have bashedhe/she/it will have bashedwe will have bashedyou will have bashedthey will have bashedFuture ContinuousI will be bashingyou will be bashinghe/she/it will be bashingwe will be bashingyou will be bashingthey will be bashingPresent Perfect ContinuousI have been bashingyou have been bashinghe/she/it has been bashingwe have been bashingyou have been bashingthey have been bashingFuture Perfect ContinuousI will have been bashingyou will have been bashinghe/she/it will have been bashingwe will have been bashingyou will have been bashingthey will have been bashingPast Perfect ContinuousI had been bashingyou had been bashinghe/she/it had been bashingwe had been bashingyou had been bashingthey had been bashingConditionalI would bashyou would bashhe/she/it would bashwe would bashyou would bashthey would bashPast ConditionalI would have bashedyou would have bashedhe/she/it would have bashedwe would have bashedyou would have bashedthey would have bashedCollins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011