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What (who) is -basher - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Basher (disambiguation)
-basher
(-bashers)
-basher combines with nouns to form nouns referring to someone who is physically violent towards a particular type of person, or who is unfairly critical of a particular type of person.
...gay-bashers who go around looking for homosexuals to beat up...
COMB in N-COUNT [disapproval]
Simon Basher
ENGLISH WRITER, ILUUSTRATOR AND ARTIST
Simon Basher is an English artist, illustrator and author based in Amsterdam. He is best known for his illustrated children's reference books, particularly the Basher Science series, which includes The Periodic Table, Physics and Chemistry.
bash
(bashes, bashing, bashed)
1.
A bash is a party or celebration, especially a large one held by an official organization or attended by famous people. (INFORMAL)
He threw one of the biggest showbiz bashes of the year as a 36th birthday party for Jerry Hall.
N-COUNT
2.
If someone bashes you, they attack you by hitting or punching you hard. (INFORMAL)
If someone tried to bash my best mate they would have to bash me as well...
I bashed him on the head and dumped him in the cold, cold water...
Two women were hurt and the chef was bashed over the head with a bottle.
VERB: V n, V n prep/adv, be/get V-ed prep/adv, also be/get V-ed
3.
If you bash something, you hit it hard in a rough or careless way. (INFORMAL)
Too many golfers try to bash the ball out of sand. That spells disaster...
A stand-in drummer bashes on a single snare and a pair of cymbals.
VERB: V n prep/adv, V prep/adv, also V n
4.
If you get a bash on a part of your body, someone or something hits you hard, or you bump into something. (INFORMAL)
= knock
N-COUNT: usu N on n
5.
To bash someone means to criticize them severely, usually in a public way. (JOURNALISM)
The President could continue to bash Democrats as being soft on crime.
VERB: V n
6.
see also -bashing
Examples of use of -basher
1. God–botherer and Bible–basher were also outlawed.
2. The records revealed gems including Boadicea Basher, Philadelphia Bunnyface, Faithful Cock and Elizabeth Disco.
3. It said that Ibrahim Ahmed Basher was killed in his car late Tuesday.
4. "Mainly it‘s his ‘stay the course‘ attitude," said Bill Basher, 21, a Republican from Angola, N.Y.
5. That was the last time she saw her husband, Mohgadeh Basher.