bashing

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bashing

/ˈbæʃɪŋ/

Rhymes with -æʃɪŋ

verb

gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of bash

noun bashings

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.’
Similar: beating

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: whap, smash, knock, bang, bop, bonk, whop, brawl, belt, sock, do, besetting, combating, facing, afflicting, plaguing

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@misc{bashing_2026,
  title = {bashing},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bashing},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}