Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To strike with a heavy, crushing blow.
- intransitive verb To beat or assault severely.
- intransitive verb Informal To criticize (another) harshly, accusatorially, and threateningly.
- intransitive verb To engage in harsh, accusatory, threatening criticism.
- noun Informal A heavy, crushing blow.
- noun Slang A celebration; a party.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To strike with a heavy blow; beat violently; knock out of shape.
- To strike; knock.
- In coal-mining, to fill with rubbish (space from which coal has been taken).
- noun A blow that knocks out of shape, or leaves a dent.
- To daunt; dismay; abash; confound; confuse.
- To be daunted, dismayed, or confounded.
- To be abashed or ashamed; be put out of countenance.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb Prov. Eng. & Scot. To strike heavily; to beat; to crush.
- verb obsolete To abash; to disconcert or be disconcerted or put out of countenance.
- noun a forceful blow, especially one that does damage to its target.
- noun a elaborate or lively social gathering or party.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb obsolete, transitive To
abash ; todisconcert or be disconcerted or put out of countenance. - verb To
strike heavily. - verb To
collide . - verb To
criticize harshly . - noun A
large party ;gala event. - noun An
attack that consists of placing all one's weight into a downward attack with one's fists.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an uproarious party
- noun a vigorous blow
- verb hit hard
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Just tell bash where to find it, when you type it on the command line: bash$ gcc - o hello hello. c bash$. / hello Hello World!
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If you compile a program, you might find that you can't run it: bash$ gcc - o hello hello. c bash$ hello bash: hello: command not found
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The "Saved by the Booze" bash is back by popular demand.
Mr. Belding's In Town: 'Saved By The Booze' Bash Tonight At McFadden's Aixa Velez 2010
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The "Saved by the Booze" bash is back by popular ...
Mr. Belding's In Town: 'Saved By The Booze' Bash Tonight At McFadden's Aixa Velez 2010
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What we bash is stupid policies that keep them from breaking out of the cycle of poverty …
Matthew Yglesias » Bob McDonnell To Attempt First Non-Horrible SOTU Response in American History 2010
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The "Saved by the Booze" bash is back by popular demand.
Mr. Belding's In Town: 'Saved By The Booze' Bash Tonight At McFadden's Aixa Velez 2010
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Matt - I know the urge to “corporate” bash is strong, but have you even read our stuff?
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So, a underground Reaver bash, is what comes next, to try and remove the menace before their super-wizard runs amok with an army.
Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: Wizardborn - Dave Wolverton Blue Tyson 2008
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There are probably scripts out there that do that kind of thing in bash, perl, PHP or whatever.
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The Los Vegas bash is being heralded as a great success – but from what I read, it was nothing more than a great stroking party.
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