bash about

verb

To physically damage something or assault someone.

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Meanings

verbbash about (third-person singular simple present bashes about, present participle bashing about, simple past and past participle bashed about)

present singular third person bashes about · participle present bashing about · participle past bashed about · past bashed about

  1. informaltransitiveTo physically damage something or assault someone.

    Deafening sounds drive out the words, and the performers leap violently about the stage, often bashing about their instruments and microphones.

    1987, E. Ann Kaplan, Rocking Around the Clock, page 61
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APA

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MLA

“bash about.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bash%20about. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bash about,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bash%20about.

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