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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bash \Bash\, verb (used with an object) & i. [OE. baschen, baissen. See {Abash}.] To abash; to disconcert or be disconcerted or put out of countenance. [Obs.]
His countenance was bold and bashed not. --Spenser.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bash \Bash\, verb (used with an object) [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.
Bash her open with a rock. --Kipling. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bash \Bash\, noun
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
noun
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}]
verb: 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 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)
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:
BASH Bourne-Again SHell (Unix, Shell)
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