Meaning of bashing In English

• 0 strong criticism of a particular type of person or thing:

  • There's been a lot of banker-bashing lately.

  • recent incidents of gay-bashing

  • All steaks will benefit from a bashing, as this breaks up the muscle fibres that comprise most of the meat.

• 1 used in nouns meaning the practice of attacking a particular type of person violently:

  • gay/queer-bashing

• 2 used in nouns meaning strong criticism of a particular type of person or thing:

  • union-bashing

• 3 strong criticism of a particular type of person or thing:

  • The more things I do to get this union on the right track, the more of a bashing I take.