Meanings
plural gay bashings · alternative gay-bashing · alternative gaybashing
- A physical or verbal assault on someone believed to be homosexual; an instance in which one is gay bashed.
familiar arguments between the assimilationists and radicals who advocate forming vigilante groups to stop the increasing number of gaybashings.
1991 February 4, Owen Shows, “Start Making Sense”, in Gay Community News, volume 18, number 28, page 11Synonyms: queer bashing
alternative gay-bashing · alternative gaybashing
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of gay bash
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA physical or verbal assault on someone believed to be homosexual; an instance in which one is gay bashed.
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gay bashing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gay%20bashing
“gay bashing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gay%20bashing. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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