transcription, транскрипция: [ bæʃ ]
( bashes, bashing, bashed)
1.
A bash is a party or celebration, especially a large one held by an official organization or attended by famous people. ( INFORMAL )
He threw one of the biggest showbiz bashes of the year as a 36th birthday party for Jerry Hall.
N-COUNT
2.
If someone bashes you, they attack you by hitting or punching you hard. ( INFORMAL )
If someone tried to bash my best mate they would have to bash me as well...
I bashed him on the head and dumped him in the cold, cold water...
Two women were hurt and the chef was bashed over the head with a bottle.
VERB : V n , V n prep / adv , be/get V-ed prep / adv , also be/get V-ed
3.
If you bash something, you hit it hard in a rough or careless way. ( INFORMAL )
Too many golfers try to bash the ball out of sand. That spells disaster...
A stand-in drummer bashes on a single snare and a pair of cymbals.
VERB : V n prep / adv , V prep / adv , also V n
4.
If you get a bash on a part of your body, someone or something hits you hard, or you bump into something. ( INFORMAL )
= knock
N-COUNT : usu N on n
5.
To bash someone means to criticize them severely, usually in a public way. ( JOURNALISM )
The President could continue to bash Democrats as being soft on crime.
VERB : V n
6.
see also -bashing