Definition of "basher" in Englisch

noun

1. One who bashes something, figuratively or literally.

2. (informal) One who engages in gratuitous physical or verbal attacks on a group or type of people.

   • a Paki-basher
   • He was beaten up by a queer-basher.

3. (UK, slang) A trainspotter, especially one who likes to travel on specific trains or trainlines.

4. (military, slang) A rainproof sheet for sleeping under.

5. (slang) A shelter built from improvised materials by a homeless person.

6. (television, film) A kind of small floodlight.