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]

	

	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.]

	

	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]

	

	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]

	

	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

	

	BASH
     Bourne-Again SHell (Unix, Shell)

	

	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)