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Bash   Listen
noun
Bash  n.  
1.
A forceful blow, especially one that does damage to its target.
2.
A elaborate or lively social gathering or party.





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"Bash" Quotes from Famous Books



... gentlemanly epistle was peculiar. Mr. Higgins laid it upon the table and put his hand into his own pocket. So did Ezra Weeks, the butcher; Caleb Small, the dry goods dealer; "Hen" Leadbetter, the livery stable keeper; "Bash" Taylor, the milkman, and three or four others. And, wonder of wonders, each produced a sheet of note paper ...
— The Depot Master • Joseph C. Lincoln
... kick, bangum, bangum!" cried the black furiously. "Who kick black fellow? Bash um ...
— Bunyip Land - A Story of Adventure in New Guinea • George Manville Fenn
... have to duck as they passed down Whitehall in order to avoid a drenching. Pluffing peas at the bishops on their way to the House of Lords would also be good sport, so long as they did not really hurt any of them. To bash the Lord Chancellor's hat over his eyes would be going too far, as it involves a money loss, but a harmless blow on the crown with a bladder would be rather amusing. It would also be amusing if a number of policemen were told off to greet Mr Lloyd George ...
— The Pleasures of Ignorance • Robert Lynd
... in a flurry. "You're not crying though, Kate? Whatever am I saying to you, Kitty, woman? Here, here—bash me on the head for a blockhead and ...
— The Manxman - A Novel - 1895 • Hall Caine
... was only out of your sight long enough to speak to the Rumbullion party who had just come in, and when I turned you were gone. Now you are in this fearful condition. What is there in the Rumbullions to start you off on such a bender of bash-fulness as this which ...
— A Brace Of Boys - 1867, From "Little Brother" • Fitz Hugh Ludlow
... burly peasant, stopped them with these words: "Brothers, you know that our country is now a country of free speech. We must listen to this man, we must let him say anything he will. But, brothers, when he's finished, we'll bash his head in!" ...
— Another Sheaf • John Galsworthy


Words linked to "Bash" :   belt, do, bump, bop, knock, smash, party, brawl, bang, whap, hit, blow


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