What does "basher" mean?
One who bashes something, figuratively or literally.
Basher
/ˈbæʃɚ/ name, noun, slang
name, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: One who bashes something, figuratively or literally.
- Grammar: basher is listed as name, noun, slang.
- Usage evidence: He had much more than brute force: he was a skilled and terrific basher.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 One who bashes something, figuratively or literally.
"Consider the cold-eyed thrush, that springy carnivore of lawns, worm stabber, basher to death of snails."
- 2 One who bashes something, figuratively or literally.; Before the days of pneumatic rivet guns, the member of a riveting team who hammered the rivet to upset the bucktail to form the field head (see rivet).
- 3 One who engages in gratuitous physical or verbal attacks on a group or type of people. informal
"a Paki-basher"
- 4 A trainspotter, especially one who likes to travel on specific trains or trainlines. UK, slang
"There are bashers and bashers, of course. Most of them, like 'Bob', try to travel as far as possible behind a particular type of locomotive. 'Bob' likes Class 37 diesels."
- 5 A rainproof sheet for sleeping under. slang
"Suddenly awake she looked around, startled, it was light, hot, intensely hot and she was sleeping in a shell scrape under a basher."
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- 6 A shelter built from improvised materials by a homeless person. slang
- 7 A kind of small floodlight.
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname from Arabic.
Example
"He had much more than brute force: he was a skilled and terrific basher."
Common questions
How do you use "basher" in a sentence?
He had much more than brute force: he was a skilled and terrific basher.
How do you pronounce "basher"?
Pronounced /ˈbæʃɚ/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
From bash + -er.
Etymology 2
Variant of Bashir.