"basher" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈbæʃɚ/ [General-American], /ˈbæʃə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: En-au-basher.ogg [Australia] Forms: bashers [plural]
Rhymes: -æʃə(ɹ) Etymology: bash + -er Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|bash|er|id2=agent noun}} bash + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} basher (plural bashers)
  1. One who bashes something, figuratively or literally.
    Sense id: en-basher-en-noun-bMfcaY4C
  2. (informal) One who engages in gratuitous physical or verbal attacks on a group or type of people. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-basher-en-noun-zFUGmAh9 Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 35 21 4 10 4 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 18 34 20 8 12 8
  3. (UK, slang) A trainspotter. Tags: UK, slang
    Sense id: en-basher-en-noun-hmS8QPpt Categories (other): British English
  4. (military, slang) A rainproof sheet for sleeping under. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-basher-en-noun-dzwNLNf0 Topics: government, military, politics, war
  5. (slang) A shelter built from improvised materials by a homeless person. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-basher-en-noun-EXI~rmDf
  6. (television, film) A kind of small floodlight. Categories (topical): Film, Television
    Sense id: en-basher-en-noun-DzEF3lxj Topics: broadcasting, film, media, television
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Bible basher, fag basher, gay basher, hand-basher, Koran basher, Pommie-basher, pommie basher, Pommy-basher, queer basher

Inflected forms

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