Bash

7 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bash \Bash\, v. t. & i. [OE. baschen, baissen. See {Abash}.]
     To abash; to disconcert or be disconcerted or put out of
     countenance. [Obs.]
     [1913 Webster]
  
           His countenance was bold and bashed not. --Spenser.


     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bash \Bash\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bashed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Bashing}.] [Perh. of imitative origin; or cf. Dan. baske to
     strike, bask a blow, Sw. basa to beat, bas a beating.]
     To strike heavily; to beat; to crush. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
     --Hall Caine.
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           Bash her open with a rock.               --Kipling.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bash \Bash\, n.
     1. a forceful blow, especially one that does damage to its
        target.
        [PJC]
  
     2. a elaborate or lively social gathering or party.
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  bash
       n 1: a vigorous blow; "the sudden knock floored him"; "he took a
            bash right in his face"; "he got a bang on the head"
            [syn: {knock}, {bang}, {smash}, {belt}]
       2: an uproarious party [syn: {do}, {brawl}]
       v : hit hard [syn: {sock}, {bop}, {whop}, {whap}, {bonk}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  77 Moby Thesaurus words for "bash":
     bang, bat, batter, beat, beating, belt, biff, blow, blowout, bonk,
     bruise, buffet, bung, bung up, chop, clap, clip, clobber, clout,
     clump, coldcock, contuse, crack, cut, dash, deal, deal a blow,
     deck, dig, dint, drub, drubbing, drumming, fetch, fetch a blow,
     fusillade, hit, hit a clip, jab, knock, knock cold, knock down,
     knock out, let have it, lick, maul, paste, pelt, plunk, poke,
     pound, punch, rap, shindy, slam, slog, slug, smack, smash, smite,
     snap, soak, sock, strike, strike at, stroke, swat, swing, swipe,
     tattoo, thump, thwack, wallop, whack, wham, whop, yerk
  
  

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  BASH
       Bourne-Again SHell (Unix, Shell)
       
       

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  bash
       
          Bourne Again SHell.  {GNU}'s {command interpreter} for {Unix}.
          Bash is a {Posix}-compatible {shell} with full {Bourne shell}
          syntax, and some {C shell} commands built in.  The Bourne
          Again Shell supports {Emacs}-style command-line editing, job
          control, functions, and on-line help.  Written by Brian Fox of
          {UCSB}.
       
          The latest version is 1.14.1.  It includes a {yacc} parser,
          the interpreter and documentation.
       
          {(ftp://ftp.gnu.org/bash-1.14.1.tar.gz)} or from a
          {GNU archive site}.  E-mail: .
          {Usenet} newsgroup: {news:gnu.bash.bug}.
       
          (1994-07-15)