Meaning
4 senses(informal)To strike heavily; to beat.
The thugs kept bashing the cowering victim.
If the engine won't start, bash it with this hammer.
колоти́тьkolotítʹ, поколоти́тьpokolotítʹ, битьbitʹ
(informal)To collide; used with into or together.
Don't bash into me with that shopping trolley.
(informal, transitive)To criticize harshly.
He bashed my ideas.
bashen
критикова́тьkritikovátʹ, раскритикова́тьraskritikovátʹ
(obsolete, transitive)To abash (make ashamed)
- hit hard
Examples
28 sentencesThe robber bashed her head in.
ruГрабитель разбил ей голову.
Tom got his head bashed in.
Tom bashed his head against the wall.
deTom schlug seinen Kopf gegen die Wand.
Tom bashed Mary's head against the wall.
Bish bash bosh, we managed it.
Translations
3 languagesOrigin
From Middle English *basshen, *basken, likely from Old Norse *baska (“to strike”), akin toFrom Middle English *basshen, *basken, likely from Old Norse *baska (“to strike”), akin to Swedish basa (“to baste, whip, lash, flog”), Danish baske (“to beat, strike, cudgel”), German patschen (“to slap”)
From Middle English baschen, baissen. See abash.
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Forms
bashes, bashing, bashed, bashedPhrasal verbs
4 phrasal verbsSynonyms
5 synonymsWord family
14 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle