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 → tunda f, paliza f
to give sb a bashing → dar una paliza a algn
the team took a real bashing → el equipo recibió una paliza

bashing [ˈbæʃɪŋ] n → raclée f

bashing

n (inf) → Prügel pl; he got a nasty bashing → er hat ganz schön was abgekriegt (inf)

bashing [ˈbæʃɪŋ] n to take a bashing → prendere una batosta
union-bashing → denigrazione f sistematica dei sindacati

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bashing [ˈbæʃɪŋ] n to take a bashing → prendere una batosta
union-bashing → denigrazione f sistematica dei sindacati