different between bash vs nash

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bæ?/
• Rhymes: -æ?

Etymology 1

From a borrowing of Old Norse *baska (“to strike”), akin to Swedish basa (“to baste, whip, lash, flog”), Danish baske (“to beat, strike, cudgel”), German patschen (“to slap”).

Verb

bash (third-person singular simple present bashes, present participle bashing, simple past and past participle bashed)

1. To strike heavily.

2. To collide.

3. To criticize harshly.

4. (Britain, slang) To masturbate.

Derived terms

• gay bash, gay-bash
• trans bash, trans-bash

Translations

Noun

bash (plural bashes)

1. (informal) A forceful blow or impact.

   He got a bash on the head.

2. (informal) A large party; a gala event.

   They had a big bash to celebrate their tenth anniversary.

3. (Britain, informal, often in the phrase 'have a bash') An attempt (at doing something).

   I'm not sure I'll be any good at this, but let me have a bash.

   This was my first bash at macramé, so I'm quite pleased with how it's turned out.

Derived terms

• basher
• bashment
• on the bash
• megabash

Translations

Etymology 2

From Old English baschen, baissen. See abash.

Verb

bash (third-person singular simple present bashes, present participle bashing, simple past and past participle bashed)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To abash; to disconcert or be disconcerted or put out of countenance.

References

Anagrams

• AHBs, Bahs, HABs, HBAs, Habs, bahs, habs, shab

Albanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian baš (“exactly, just, right”), present in most Balkan languages. Mikloši? argued that the ultimate source is Turkish ba? (“head, leader”).

Adverb

bash

1. (used for emphasis, or as an intensifier) exactly, precisely, right

Etymology 2

From earlier *balsha, a derivative of ballë.

Noun

bash m (indefinite plural bashë, definite singular bashi, definite plural bashët)

1. (nautical) bow (of ship)
2. center (of room or chamber)

Related terms

• ballë

References

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• bashu

Etymology

Inherited from Latin b?si? (“I kiss”). This is one of relatively few words for which the Daco-Romanian equivalent (in this case s?ruta) is not derived from the same Latin word.

Verb

bash (past participle bãshatã)

1. I kiss.
2. I embrace

Synonyms

• (kiss): hiritsescu, gugustedz
• (embrace): ambrãtsitedz, ambrats

Related terms

• bãshari / bãshare
• bãshat
• dizbash
• spribash

Yola

Noun

bash

1. Alternative form of baush

References

• Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, ?ISBN

English

Etymology 1

Dialectal variant of gnash.

Adjective

nash (comparative more nash, superlative most nash)

1. (Britain, dialect) firm; stiff; hard
2. (Britain, dialect) chilly

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)

Etymology 2

Perhaps from Romani.

Verb

nash (third-person singular simple present nashes, present participle nashing, simple past and past participle nashed)

1. (Edinburgh, dialect) to hurry; run; get away

Anagrams

• HANS, HNAs, Hans, Shan, shan

Kalasha

Verb

nash

1. kill