bash

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
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}, {bash}, {bang}, {smash}, {belt}]
    2: an uproarious party [syn: {bash}, {do}, {brawl}]
    v 1: hit hard [syn: {sock}, {bop}, {whop}, {whap}, {bonk},
         {bash}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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
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.
   [1913 Webster]

         Bash her open with a rock.               --Kipling.
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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 The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
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: <[email protected]>.
   Usenet newsgroup: news:gnu.bash.bug.

   (1994-07-15)
from V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006)
BASH
       Bourne-Again SHell (Unix, Shell)
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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
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