Bash

  

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Bash

Definition: Bash

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".

2. An uproarious party.

Verb

1. Hit hard.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "bash" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1596. (references)


Specialty Definition: Bash

DomainDefinition

Computing

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). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Bash

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField

BASH

EnglishBody Acceleration Synchronous with HeartN/A

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Bash

Synonyms: bang (n), belt (n), brawl (n), do (n), knock (n), smash (n), bonk (v), bop (v), sock (v), whap (v), whop (v). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Bash

English words defined with "bash": bang, beltknocksmash. (references)
Specialty definitions using "bash": BeOSC shellenvironment variable. (references)
Etymologies containing "bash": Binbashi. (references)

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Modern Usage: Bash

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Hulk bash! Hulk crash (The Incredible Hulk; writing credit: Jack Kirby; Stan Lee)

You cannot bash in the head of an American citizen without written permission from the State Department (Bananas; writing credit: Woody Allen; Mickey Rose)

Lyrics

Bash in my brain, (The Masochism Tango; performing artist: Tom Lehrer)

Movie/TV Titles

Janet's Birthday Bash (1972)

Fast Forward: Ten Year Bash (2002)

Hardbody 2002 2: Chi Chi's Birthday Bash (2001)

Saturday Night Live: Presidential Bash 2000 (2000)

XGames 2K Kickoff Bash (2000)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Bash

DomainTitle

Books

  • Birthday Bash! (reference)

  • Learning the Bash Shell (Nutshell Handbooks) (reference)

  • The Best Bash Book (Young Women of Faith Library) (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  • Bikini Bash (reference)

  • Sammy Hagar & the Waboritas - Cabo Wabo Birthday Bash Tour (reference)

  • Rugrats - Bedtime Bash (reference)

  • Saturday Night Live - Presidential Bash 2000 (reference)

  • The Powerpuff Girls - Birthday Bash (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

  

High Tech

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Bash

Computer Images:
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Photo Album: Bash

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

Get down with us at the Y.W.L.L. holiday season bash. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Sounds Captioned with "Bash".

PlayCaptionPlayCaption
Punch; punching bag; violence; violent; fighting; fight; hit; hitting; bash; belt; biff; blow; bop; box; buffet; clip; clout; cuff; dig; jab; jog; knock; lollop; nudge; one-two; plug; plunk; poke; prod; pummel; rap; shot; slam; slap; slug; slug; smack; sm.Hammer; beat; clobber; bang; pound; mallet; bludgeon; bang; bash; thump; thwack.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Bash

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Rush Limbaugh

But it is sooo fun to bash Republicans.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Bash

"Bash" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 46.79% of the time. "Bash" is used about 218 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)46.79%10232,309
Lexical Verb (base form)23.85%5247,145
Lexical Verb (infinitive)20.18%4451,500
Noun (proper)8.72%1980,337
Noun (common)0.46%1339,140
                    Total100.00%218N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Bash

The following table summarizes the usage of "bash" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
BashLast name2,0006,935
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Bash

Expressions using "bash": bash about bash down bash in bash into smb. bash up have a bash have a bash at have a bash at smth.. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "bash": bash-up.

Ending with "bash": crash-bash, euro-bash.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Bash

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

birthday bash

973

atlanta bash birthday

19

bash

231

bash bud

18

crash bash

97

bash indy truck

17

bash cheat crash

75

baby bash suga suga

17

baby bash

52

bartender bash

16

bash on ash

52

bash script

16

107.9 bash birthday hot

51

bash beach hermosa

15

bash at the beach

42

b96 summer bash

15

monster bash

41

baja bash

15

bash bikini

39

bash break spring tuner

15

b93 bash birthday

39

bash carson daly

14

bash beach mervyns

35

bash star summer

12

bash cheat code crash

34

bash blue hometown labatt

12

bash mtv

32

bash bulldog

12

107.9 bash birthday

32

bash biker

11

bash bish falls

30

bash bike blue ridge

11

96 bash birthday wave

27

backyard bash

10

bash code crash

22

summer bash

10

93 b bash birthday

19

8 bash birthday

10

bash shell

19

bash grass in

10
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Bash

Language Translations for "bash"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

përplas (clash, crash, flap, fling, grind, knock, slam), goditje (assault, bang, batting, beat, biff, blow, buffet, bump, cant, chop, clean and jerk, clip, dash, dint, drive, fib, flap, hit, ictus, impingement, incitement, infliction, jab, joggle, jolt, knock, knocking, lick, percussion, poke, pound, push, shock, slat, sock, stimulus, strike, stroke, thrust, thwack, tremor, welt), godit (beat, biff, buffet, bump, butt, clip, clout, conk, deal, defeat, hit, impinge, instigate, joggle, jostle, knock, pound, shock, shove, slam, smite, stab, strike, tap, thrash, thwack, whack), godas (affect, astonish smb., beat, biff, buffet, bump, butt, clip, clout, conk, defeat, drop, hit, impinge, knock, pound, smite, stab, strike, whack). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏سحق (batter, beat, beating, bow, break, crack, crumple, crunch, crush, flatten, grind, jam, levigate, mow, overwhelm, pound, pounding, powder, pulverization, pulverize, put down, quash, reduce, run over smth., scotch, slam, smash, squash, squeeze, squelch, steam roller, suppress, sweep, trample, tread, triturate, trituration), ‏ضربة عنيفة (bang, knock, knockdown, slam, smack, smash, swat, swipe, thwack, wallop, whack), ‏ضرب بعنف (bang, baste, lambaste, maul, slam, smite, swat, swipe, thump, whack, whale). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

удряне (beating, impact, knocking, stroke), удрям (bang against, beat, biff, blast, bruise, bust, catch, douse, hammer, heel, hit, impact, jam on, knap, knock, lash, lay, peg at, plump, poke, pole-ax, pound, ram, set, shoot, slam, slam on, smash, smite, strike, strike in, thunder, wallop, zap), халосвам (bang, bang against), тряскам, трясване (hurtle). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

"击 (Bashed, Bashing, Battered, battering, Batting). (various references)

   

Czech

  

strefovat se, rána (bang, biff, blow, bounce, clout, hit, knock, rap, report, shock, shot, slap, slash, sock, strike, stroke, swipe, whack, whang, wound), praštit (belt, bust, catch, fling, hit, hurl, knock, slosh, slug, strike, swipe), mlátit (hammer away, thrash, thresh). (various references)

   

Danish

  

pot (boo 4)draw, cannabis, grass, hagga, hay, Indian hay, marihuana, marijuana, Mary Jane, pot, puff, root, smoke, snop, tea, viper's weed, weed), græs (grass, herb). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

wiet (boo 4)draw, cannabis, grass, hagga, hay, Indian hay, Mary Jane, pot, puff, root, smoke, snop, tea, viper's weed, weed), wied (boo 4)draw, cannabis, grass, hagga, hay, Indian hay, Mary Jane, pot, puff, root, smoke, snop, tea, viper's weed, weed), weed (boo 4)draw, cannabis, grass, hagga, hay, Indian hay, Mary Jane, pot, puff, root, smoke, snop, tea, viper's weed, weed), pot (box, container, jug, pot, vase, vessel), Marihuana (marijuana), gras (grass, herb). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

ترسیدن (Abhor, Quail, Scare), ترساندن (Abhor, Affray, Appall, Awe, Buffalo, Cow, Daunt, Deter, Feeze, Fray, Fright, Horrify, Huff, Intimidate, Scare, Shore, Spook, Threat, Tremble), خجلت (Shame), شرمنده شدن (Blush), دست پاچه نمودن (Abash), برهم زدن (Coup, Derange, Disarrange, Disband, Disorder, Disturb, Ruffle, Tousle, Unsettle). (various references)

   

French

  

baby (baby), herbe, cage (basket), chiendent, cogner (bat), coup de poing, douce, H, weed, jive, marie-jeanne, pot, roses, tea, thé, frapper (bat, batter). (various references)

   

German

  

hauen (beat, belt, carve, chop, chuck, clap, clobber, clout, conk, cut, cutting, fling, hack, hew, hewed, hit, hoes, knock, lash out, make a thrust, quarry, sculpture, shove, slap, slash, sock, strike, thump, to bash). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κτυπώ δυνατά (slam, slog, slug, sock, swipe, whack), βίαιο χτύπημα, χόρτο (grass, herb). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

horpadás (bruise, buckle, dent, depression, dint, indenture, kink, pan). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

tamparan (clap, slap), menampar (box, knock, slap). (various references)

   

Italian

  

marijuana (marihuana, marijuana), fumata (boo 4)draw, cannabis, grass, hagga, hay, Indian hay, Mary Jane, pot, puff, root, smoke, snop, tea, viper's weed, weed), erba (grass, herb, pot), colpire con violenza (slog), canna (barrel, cane, canna, crossbar, fishing rod, funnel, pipe, Reed, rod, stick), arrossire (blush, color, colour, crimson, flush, redden). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

강타 (bang, Bangs, Bashing, Clout, smite, Smiting, swat, swipe, Swiping, thump). (various references)

   

Manx

  

labbal (banging, buffeting, clout, clouting, cuff, hit, hitting, knock, strike, striking, thump, thumping), labb (blow, bump, clout, cuff, thump), bwoalley (assault, bang, batter, beat, beat up, belabour, buffet, chime, clap, club, flap, hammer, hit, knock, mint, percussion, play, pound, pulsate, punch, rhythm, ring, rise of penis, scramble, shock, slam, slap, strike, thrash, thresh, throb, toll, wallop), builley (beat, beat as pulse, bump, cadence, cadence of voice, cast, choosing, clap, fervour, fit, frenzy, hit, impact, knock, madness, pulsate, pulsation, punch, slam, slap, strike, stroke, sweep, thump, toot, toot on horn, whack). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ashbay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

boi (bovine animal, bull, ox, steer), bater com força em (whang), bater (bang, baste, bat, batter, beat, biff, bob, bop, brandish, chastise, churn, clap, club, curl, curry, deckle, dodder, flap, fling, flog, forge, form, froth, hit, hunt, jab, knead, knock, lam, lap, lick, plash, pulsate, pulse, ram, scutch, slap, slog, sound, splash, stir, strike, swing, thrash, thresh, type, wave, whack, whip, whirl, whisk, worst), surrar (clapperclaw, drub, lash, wallop), seruma (boo 4)draw, cannabis, grass, hagga, hay, Indian hay, Mary Jane, pot, puff, root, smoke, snop, tea, viper's weed, weed), pancada (bang, bat, biff, blow, bob, bop, clout, crack, cram, dint, drub, flaw, flick, knock, lick, milling, pelt, plunk, shock, smacker, stinger, strike, stroke, swat), golpe esmagador, esmagar (basil, bray, break, bruise, crush, jam, kibble, lead on, mash, meal, overwhelm, pound, press, pulverize, shatter, smash, squash, squelch, suppress, triturate, whelm), erva (grass, herb). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

pocni (clack, click, crack, crackle, hit), izbi (clash, hit, jar, lash, seize, smash, smite, strike, thrust). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

удар (a smack in the eye /in the face/, apoplexy, blow, box, buffet, bump, cant, chop, clap, cob, cut, dash, fit of apoplexy, hit, impact, impingement, jab, kick, knock, loft, lunge, percussion, pick, push, putt, shock, stabbings, stroke, swat, thrust, wallop, well-judged blow, welt), сильный удар (bang, biff, clip, humming blow, lick, pelt, plunk, polt, slog, staggerer, swinger, swipe, thwack, wallop, whack), хлопать (clap, slam), колотить (batter, beat, belabour, lambaste, larrup, lick, pelt, pounding, pummel, strike, thwack, whack, whop). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

udariti (bang, bat, beat, belt, bump, clock, clout, conk, drive in, hack, hit, jog, knock, paw, percuss, poke, punch, ram, rap, shock, strike, stub, swipe, wallop, whack), tresnuti (dash, slap). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

asestar un golpe. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

slå (bang, beat, bolt, buffet, cap, capture, cast, catch, crossbar, dash, defeat, dial, drive, flap, hit, hurt smb., hurtle, impinge, knock, lay, lick, mow, palpitate, pour, punch, ram, sit, slam, slap, slat, smash, smite, strike, stroke, tack, throw, trounce, warble, whang, whip). (various references)

   

Thai

  

ชนแรง, วิจาร"์อย่างรุนแรง (censure). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

sertçe vurmak, sert vuruş (slog, slug, welt), parti (do, get together, hand, parcel, party, setout, shindig, shipment), indirmek (bring down, cast down, clip, clout, clump, cut, degrade, dismount, down, draw down, drop off, dump, land, lay low, let down, lift down, lower, plant, put down, reduce, relegate, send down, set down, strike, take down, take from, take off, unlade), geçirmek (carry, come through, communicate, conduct, Dot, dot smb. one, extrude, fetch, get over, get through, make pass, outstay, pass, pass away, pass on, post, put in, reach, scarf, screw, see off, see smb. to the door, show smb. to the door, slip, spend, spin out, stick, swipe, take in, transfer, transmit, undergo, while away, wile away, work out), eğlence (amusement, beano, blow out, carnival, conviviality, distraction, diversion, entertainment, festivity, fete, frolic, fun, gag, gaiety, high jinks, jamboree, jollification, jolliness, jollity, merriment, merrymaking, party, pastime, play, plaything, racket, recreation, recreational, rejoicing, relaxation, revel, saturnalia, setout, sport), deneme (assay, crack, dissertation, effort, essay, experiment, experimentation, fling, go, pilot, practice, probation, proof, proving, shakedown, shot, study, tentative, test, testing, touch, trial, try, try out, whack, workout), darbe (beat, biff, blow, brunt, bump, chop, clip, clout, concussion, coup, coup de main, coup d'etat, crusher, cut, dash, facer, finisher, hack, hit, ictus, impact, jolt, kayo, knock, pound, putsch, shock, smasher, stroke, thwack, whack, whammy), cümbüş (bender, binge, blast, blow out, booze, booze-up, burst up, bust, Buster, carousal, festivity, high jinks, jamboree, jollification, jollity, merriment, merrymaking, metal mandolin, racket, razzle-dazzle, revel, revelry, riot, saturnalia, spree), çarpmak (bang, bang into, barge, bump, bump into, cannon, clap, clash, collide, crash, crash into, dash, foul, greet, hit, hurtle, impinge, kayo, knock, knock out, knock over, lash, mulct, multiply, plant, plonk, plonk down, plunk, pound, pulsate, pulse, ram, reach, run, run against, slam, slap, smash, smite upon, spring, strike, strike against, throb). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

сильно бити, сильний удар (bang, lick, oner, pelt, plunk, slam, slog, spanker, staggerer, swat, swinger, swipe, wallop), гамселити, атака (assault, offensive, onfall, onrush, onset). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

gắng l m việc đó. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Bash

Derivations

Words beginning with "bash": bashaw, bashaws, bashed, basher, bashers, bashes, bashful, bashfully, bashfulness, bashfulnesses, bashing, bashlyk, bashlyks. (additional references)

Words ending with "bash": abash, calabash, kurbash. (additional references)

Words containing "bash": abashed, abashes, abashing, abashment, abashments, calabashes, kurbashed, kurbashes, kurbashing, unabashed, unabashedly. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Bash" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: baah, babsha, Badh, Bagh, baha, bahg, bahm, baho, bahs, Bahu, Bakha, Bakht, balh, bamh, Bamhl, baph, barsh, basa, Basche, basf, Basha, basho, Bashow, Bashy, Basm, baso, basq, bassy, basw, basx, bauh, Bayh, baz, Bcas, besht, besm, Bisch, bish, Bishp, Bishr, Bishri, Bosha, Bpas, bsa, Bsaa, busht, obesh, sabh, vash. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Bash"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "bash" (pronounced ba"sh)
3b a" shabash.
2-a" shash, brash, cache, cash, clash, crash, dash, flash, gash, gnash, hash, lash, mash, noncash, pash, precrash, rash, rehash, sash, slash, smash, splash, stash, thrash, trash.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Bash

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-h-s"

-1 letter: abs, ash, bah, bas, has, sab, sha.

-2 letters: ab, ah, as, ba, ha, sh.

 Words containing the letters "a-b-h-s"
 

+1 letter: abash, bahts, baths, blahs, brash, habus, sahib, subah.

 

+2 letters: abhors, ablush, abmhos, abohms, ambush, baches, banish, bashaw, bashed, basher, bashes, bathes, bathos, bhangs, bimahs, boheas, brachs, brashy, bugsha, buqsha, bushwa, casbah, habits, kasbah, obeahs, rehabs, sahibs, shabby, shibah, subahs.

 

+3 letters: abashed, abashes, abolish, absinth, babyish, baldish, banshee, banshie, barhops, bashaws, bashers, bashful, bashing, bashlyk, batches, batfish, bathers, beaches, beamish, bearish, beauish, behaves, beheads, berthas, beshame, bhaktas, bhaktis, bharals, boarish, braches, brahmas, brasher, brashes, brashly, breaths, bugshas, buqshas, bushman, bushwah, bushwas, bypaths, casbahs, cashbox, chablis, chabuks, habitus, haboobs, hagbush, hagbuts, harbors, herbals, hubcaps, husband, hushaby, isobath, jubbahs, jubhahs, kasbahs, keblahs, kiblahs, kurbash, maybush, mihrabs, phobias, rhumbas, sabbath, sambhar, sambhur, shamble, shebang, shebean, shibahs, subhead, sunbath, tarbush, washtub.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Sounds
9. Quotations: Spoken
10. Usage Frequency
11. Names: Frequency
12. Expressions
13. Expressions: Internet
14. Translations: Modern
15. Abbreviations
16. Acronyms
17. Derivations
18. Rhymes
19. Anagrams
20. Bibliography


  

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