Definition of "bash" in Anglais

verb

1. (informal) To strike heavily.

   • The thugs kept bashing the cowering victim.
   • If the engine won't start, bash it with this hammer.

2. (informal) To collide; used with into or together.

   • Don't bash into me with that shopping trolley.

3. (transitive, informal) To criticize harshly.

   • He bashed my ideas.

noun

1. (informal) A forceful blow or impact.

   • He got a bash on the head.

2. (informal) A large party; a gala event.

   • They had a big bash to celebrate their tenth anniversary.

3. (UK, informal) An attempt at doing something.

   • give something a bash
   • I'm not sure I'll be any good at this, but let me have a bash.
   • This was my first bash at macramé, so I'm quite pleased with how it's turned out.

verb

1. (obsolete, transitive) To abash (make ashamed)