"bash about" meaning in All languages combined

See bash about on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: bashes about [present, singular, third-person], bashing about [participle, present], bashed about [participle, past], bashed about [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} bash about (third-person singular simple present bashes about, present participle bashing about, simple past and past participle bashed about)
  1. (informal, transitive) To physically damage something or assault someone. Tags: informal, transitive

Inflected forms

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      "form": "bashes about",
      "tags": [
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        "third-person"
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    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "participle",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bashed about",
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      ]
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
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        }
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1987, E. Ann Kaplan, Rocking Around the Clock, page 61:",
          "text": "Deafening sounds drive out the words, and the performers leap violently about the stage, often bashing about their instruments and microphones.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To physically damage something or assault someone."
      ],
      "id": "en-bash_about-en-verb-SGuSAy6z",
      "links": [
        [
          "damage",
          "damage"
        ],
        [
          "assault",
          "assault"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, transitive) To physically damage something or assault someone."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bash about"
}
{
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "bashing about",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bashed about",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bashed about",
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      ]
    }
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1987, E. Ann Kaplan, Rocking Around the Clock, page 61:",
          "text": "Deafening sounds drive out the words, and the performers leap violently about the stage, often bashing about their instruments and microphones.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To physically damage something or assault someone."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "damage",
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        ],
        [
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        ]
      ],
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        "(informal, transitive) To physically damage something or assault someone."
      ],
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        "transitive"
      ]
    }
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