"bash out" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: bashes out [present, singular, third-person], bashing out [participle, present], bashed out [participle, past], bashed out [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} bash out (third-person singular simple present bashes out, present participle bashing out, simple past and past participle bashed out)
  1. (colloquial, transitive) To write or type something very quickly, without much thought. Tags: colloquial, transitive
    Sense id: en-bash_out-en-verb-lwQ6H6XO
  2. (colloquial, transitive) To play (a tune) clumsily on a piano or similar instrument. Tags: colloquial, transitive Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-bash_out-en-verb-iplKRpWG Disambiguation of Music: 0 100 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English phrasal verbs with particle (out), English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 88 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 14 86 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (out): 18 82 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 15 85

Inflected forms

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