bashing

bash  (bsh)

v. bashed, bash·ing, bash·es

v.tr.

1. To strike with a heavy, crushing blow: The thug bashed the hood of the car with a sledgehammer.

2. To beat or assault severely: The police arrested the men who bashed an immigrant in the park.

3. Informal To criticize (another) harshly, accusatorially, and threateningly: "He bashed the . . . government unmercifully over the . . . spy affair" (Lally Weymouth).

v.intr. Informal

To engage in harsh, accusatory, threatening criticism.

n.

1. Informal A heavy, crushing blow.

2. Slang A celebration; a party.

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basher n.

Translations

bashing [ˈbæʃɪŋ] n (col) → paliza;

to go Paki-/queer-bashing → ir a dar una paliza a los paquistaníes/a los maricas

bashing [ˈbæʃɪŋ] n (inf) → raclée f;

Paki-bashing → ratonnade f;

queer-bashing → chasse f aux pédés

bashing [ˈbæʃɪŋ] (inf) n → Prügel pl;

Paki-/queer-bashing → Überfälle pl auf Pakistaner/Schwule

bashing [ˈbæʃɪŋ] n Paki-/queer-bashing → atti mpl di violenza contro i pachistani/gli omosessuali