Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bashing

/ˈbæʃɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.45 in modern English

Syllables: bash-ing
IPA: /ˈbæʃɪŋ/

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of bash

noun

An instance of bashing; a physical or verbal attack.

Example Sentences

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

Inflected Forms

bashings (plural)

Phrases

bit bashing gay bashing granny-bashing Paki-bashing queer-bashing queer bashing spud bashing spud-bashing

Synonyms

beating

Rhymes With

crashing flashing smashing dashing splashing cashing slashing lashing thrashing clashing trashing caching

Questions

How do you pronounce bashing?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbæʃɪŋ/.
What does bashing mean?: present participle and gerund of bash

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