basher
/ˈbæʃɚ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.39 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
One who bashes something, figuratively or literally.
noun
One who bashes something, figuratively or literally.
noun
One who engages in gratuitous physical or verbal attacks on a group or type of people.
Informal
noun
A trainspotter, especially one who likes to travel on specific trains or trainlines.
British usage; Slang
noun
Example Sentences
- "Consider the cold-eyed thrush, that springy carnivore of lawns, worm stabber, basher to death of snails."
- "a Paki-basher"
- "He was beaten up by a queer-basher."
- "It's impossible to count how many harassers and bashers are growing discouraged at the sight of 12 or so queers in black and teal uniforms walking down the street in tight formation. The message is simple: queer folk are banding together and walking the streets in cities around the United States to protect their own."
- "There are bashers and bashers, of course. Most of them, like 'Bob', try to travel as far as possible behind a particular type of locomotive. 'Bob' likes Class 37 diesels."
- "Nose around any modest-sized station and the odds are you'll find that the chargeman's office doubles as a bashers' club, a place where shivering spotters can get warm and catch up on the gen."
Etymology
Etymology tree English bash Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English basher From bash + -er.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈbæʃɚ/
- British English: /ˈbæʃə/