BASHING Definition & Meaning

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bashing

[ bash-ing ]

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noun

the act of beating, whipping, or thrashing:
a series of unsolved bashings and robberies.
a decisive defeat:
We gave the visiting team a good bashing.
(used in combination)
1. unprovoked physical assaults against members of a specified group:
  gay-bashing.
2. verbal abuse, as of a group or a nation:
  feminist-bashing; China-bashing.

-bashing

combining form

informal.
1. indicating a malicious attack on members of a particular group
  queer-bashing
  union-bashing
2. indicating any of various other activities
  spud-bashing
  Bible-bashing
  square-bashing

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Derived Forms

-basher, combining_form:in_noun:countable

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of bashing¹

First recorded in 1725–35; bash + -ing ¹( def )

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Sharon Graham seldom pulls her punches, but apart from giving a few quotes, she has not been on picket lines, and failed to give interviews bashing the council or the government.

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I’m not bashing anywhere, but it’s not f—— working.”

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Musk shared a critical post about the ruling on X. He didn't comment on the case beyond agreeing with the bashing of "the left" put forth by conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

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Blumberg doesn’t read or write music, so “I’m always just sort of bashing away, trying to find chords,” he says.

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After all that, with a bit of trans bashing thrown in, for good measure, Musk brought it home with: "I think this is the last election. If Trump doesn't win, this is the last election."

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