Bash Definition
băsh
bashed, bashes, bashing
verb
bashed, bashes, bashing
To strike with a heavy, crushing blow.
The thug bashed the hood of the car with a sledgehammer.
American Heritage
To strike with a violent blow; smash (in)
Webster's New World
To beat or assault severely.
The police arrested the men who bashed an immigrant in the park.
American Heritage
To attack or abuse, as with blows or with words.
Webster's New World
To criticize (another) harshly, accusatorially, and threateningly.
American Heritage
noun
bashes
A heavy, crushing blow.
American Heritage
A violent blow.
Webster's New World
A celebration; a party.
American Heritage
A gala event or party.
Webster's New World
A heavy, crushing blow.
American Heritage
abbreviation
(computing) Name of the Free Software Foundation's command interpreter (the "shell") for UNIX-like operating system.
Bash stands for “Bourne-again shell”.
Wiktionary
idiom
have a bash at
- to make an attempt at
Webster's New World
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Bash
- have a bash at
Origin of Bash
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Short for Bourne-again shell, a pun on the name of the Bourne shell, an earlier Unix shell designed by Stephen R. Bourne, and the Christian concept of being "born again".
From Wiktionary
Origin unknown
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Origin unknown
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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