bashing

An instance of bashing; a physical or verbal attack.

Noun

  1. An instance of bashing; a physical or verbal attack.
    • I gulped a bit of tea. ‘I bet, Dad,’ I said, ‘you give those poor old 1930s of yours a bit of a bashing.’ - 1960 [1959], Colin MacInnes, Absolute Beginners, New York: Macmillan, page 34:
    • Jean-Claude Juncker has called for an end to “Russia-bashing” two months after scores of Moscow’s diplomats across the EU were expelled in response to the use of a nerve agent in the UK. - 2018 May 31, Daniel Boffey,...

    Synonyms: beating

Forms

bashings

Derived

bit bashing gay bashing granny-bashing Paki-bashing queer-bashing queer bashing spud bashing spud-bashing square bashing trans bashing

Verb

  1. present participle and gerund of bash