English Explanatory Dictionary

basher

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One who bashes something, figuratively or literally.
  2. 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.
  4. A trainspotter, especially one who likes to travel on specific trains or trainlines.
  5. A rainproof sheet for sleeping under.
  6. A shelter built from improvised materials by a homeless person.
  7. A kind of small floodlight.
name
  1. A surname from Arabic.

Pronunciation

/ˈbæʃɚ/ /ˈbæʃə/ En-au-basher.ogg

Word forms

basher bashers

Etymology

From bash + -er.

Derived words

Bible basher bush-basher button basher button-basher earbasher fag basher gay basher hand-basher Koran basher pommie basher Pommie-basher Pommy-basher queer basher
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