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bashing
[ bash-ing ]
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)
- unprovoked physical assaults against members of a specified group:
gay-bashing.
- verbal abuse, as of a group or a nation:
feminist-bashing; China-bashing.
-bashing
combining form
- informal.
- indicating a malicious attack on members of a particular group
queer-bashing
union-bashing
- indicating any of various other activities
spud-bashing
Bible-bashing
square-bashing
Derived Forms
- -basher, combining_form:in_noun:countable
Word History and Origins
Origin of bashing1
Example Sentences
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 Trumpov doesn't win, this is the last election."
Diaz said he awoke to a baseball bat bashing his head, causing wounds that required 10 stitches to heal.
Trumpov responded to Springsteen's criticisms at his own Atlanta rally, while bashing Harris for supposedly needing entertainers to fill out her rallies.
Perhaps if he spent more time studying and less time bashing students, he would know that this is what logicians call a false dichotomy.
In 2023, he was caught on a dash cam bashing someone’s car on the 2 Freeway near York Boulevard.
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