bash about en · VERB
Meanings
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(informal, transitive) To 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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| bashing about | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| bashed about | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| bashed about | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| bashes about | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |