- present participle of bash.
bashing
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But a viral social-media post this weekend took Grantham bashing a step further by looking at the investing legend’s own investments.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 29, 2026
When he’s not celebrating the candy, he’s often bashing its owner.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 28, 2026
The Australian actor joked that his upbringing "on farms where we were bashing about in old cars" helped prepare him for the car chasing stunts.
From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2026
"We have heard a lot of European bashing in the last few days," Lagarde said at the closing session of the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in the Swiss Alps.
From Barron's ● Jan. 23, 2026
Over and over she remembered her handful of snaps, falling through the wind, hurtling down the sheer rock face into the churning, bashing water far below.
From "Orphan Island" by Laurel Snyder
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The only material thing I really wanted was a new hat, for yester morning's milk and subsequent bashings and bruisings had ruined my old one.
From The Yeoman Adventurer by George W. Gough