bashes Definition

bash
verb bashed, bashing

colloq:
1. To strike or smash something bluntly; to beat or batter.
2. To attack something or someone harshly or maliciously with words.

Example: likes to bash the unions

noun bashes

1. A heavy blow or knock.
2. A mark made by a heavy blow

Example: Did he notice the bash on the car door?
3. slang
A noisy party.

Idiom: have a bash (have a bash at something)

colloq
To have a try; to make an attempt at it.
Example: had a bash at making a soufflé

Etymology: 17c.

Phrasal Verb: bash something down or in

To damage or break (eg a door) by striking it very hard.

Phrasal Verb: bash into something or someone

To collide violently with it or them.

Phrasal Verb: bash someone or something up

To attack them or it physically and violently.