bashing
Meaning of bashing
noun
- violent physical assault.
nine incidents of gay-bashing were reported to the police
- strike hard and violently.
they bashed him over the head with a blunt object
the car's rear window had been bashed in
people were bashing on the doors
mid 17th century (as a verb): imitative, perhaps a blend of bang1 and smash, dash, etc.
Information about bashing
- The plural form of bashing is: bashings.
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Hyphenation of bashing
bash-ing
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- bashing is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
bashing synonyms
Meaning hit forcibly and deliberately with one's hand or a weapon or other implement:
Meaning bring one's hand or a tool or weapon into contact with (someone or something) quickly and forcefully:
Meaning strike (a person or an animal) repeatedly and violently so as to hurt or injure them, typically with an implement such as a club or whip:
Meaning hit or strike heavily, especially with the fist or a blunt implement:
Meaning hit or strike with the palm of the hand or a flat object:
Meaning strike (someone or something), typically with the palm of the hand and as a punishment:
Meaning strike repeatedly with hard blows:
Meaning a unit of weight equal to 16 oz. avoirdupois (0.4536 kg), or 12 oz. troy (0.3732 kg):
Meaning strike repeatedly with the fists:
Meaning beat (a person or animal) repeatedly and violently with a stick or whip:
Meaning strike (a hard surface) with a series of rapid audible blows, especially in order to attract attention:
Meaning a meal consisting of several dishes from which guests serve themselves:
Meaning strike or knock at or on something violently with one's hand or with a hammer or other object:
Meaning strike or put down (something) forcefully and noisily:
Meaning strike a surface noisily to attract attention, especially when waiting to be let in through a door:
Meaning strike or hit very hard:
Meaning fasten with a belt:
Meaning strike forcefully with a sharp blow:
Meaning hit (someone or something) hard:
Meaning fasten or be fastened with a clip or clips:
Meaning hit (someone) hard:
Meaning dance to pop music:
Meaning strike (someone) roughly or sharply with the fist:
Meaning hit forcefully:
Meaning decorate or adorn brightly or festively:
Meaning hit or try to hit with a swinging blow:
Words that rhyme with bashing
hing, aahing, ahing, blahing, fatwahing, hoorahing, hurrahing, huzzahing, obeahing, oompahing, rahing, Ahgwahching, Beeching, Busching, Ching, Fasching, Frenching, Kuching, Peiching, Stellenbosching, accroaching, aching, antilynching, antipoaching, appeaching, approaching, arching, areaching, attaching, avalanching, avouching, baching, backaching, backscratching, backstitching, batching, beaching, bedrenching, belching, bellyaching, benching, bescorching, beseeching, besmirching, besmutching, bewitching, bioleaching, birching, birdcatching, birdwatching
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