bashing

• IPA^(key): /ˈbæʃɪŋ/

bashing

1. present participle and gerund of bash

bashing (plural bashings)

1. An instance of bashing; a physical or verbal attack.

   Synonym: beating

   • 1960 [1959], Colin MacInnes, Absolute Beginners, New York: Macmillan, page 34:

     I gulped a bit of tea. ‘I bet, Dad,’ I said, ‘you give those poor old 1930s of yours a bit of a bashing.’

   • 2018 May 31, Daniel Boffey, quoting Jean-Claude Juncker, “Russia-bashing must stop, says Jean-Claude Juncker”, in The Guardian‎:

     Jean-Claude Juncker has called for an end to “Russia-bashing” two months after scores of Moscow’s diplomats across the EU were expelled in response to the use of a nerve agent in the UK.

• → German: Bashing

• Jonathon Green (2024) “bashing n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang

• Bhangis, bhangis