The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Bash \Bash\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bashed; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Bashing.] [Perh. of imitative origin; or cf. Dan. baske to
   strike, bask a blow, Sw. basa to beat, bas a beating.]
   To strike heavily; to beat; to crush. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
   --Hall Caine.
   [1913 Webster]

         Bash her open with a rock.               --Kipling.
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Bash \Bash\, n.
   1. a forceful blow, especially one that does damage to its
      target.
      [PJC]

   2. a elaborate or lively social gathering or party.
      [PJC]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Bash \Bash\, v. t. & i. [OE. baschen, baissen. See Abash.]
   To abash; to disconcert or be disconcerted or put out of
   countenance. [Obs.]
   [1913 Webster]

         His countenance was bold and bashed not. --Spenser.
   [1913 Webster]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

bash
    n 1: a vigorous blow; "the sudden knock floored him"; "he took a
         bash right in his face"; "he got a bang on the head" [syn:
         knock, bash, bang, smash, belt]
    2: an uproarious party [syn: bash, do, brawl]
    v 1: hit hard [syn: sock, bop, whop, whap, bonk,
         bash]

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):

bash

   Bourne Again SHell.  GNU's command interpreter for Unix.
   Bash is a Posix-compatible shell with full Bourne shell
   syntax, and some C shell commands built in.  The Bourne
   Again Shell supports Emacs-style command-line editing, job
   control, functions, and on-line help.  Written by Brian Fox of
   UCSB.

   The latest version is 1.14.1.  It includes a yacc parser,
   the interpreter and documentation.

   (ftp://ftp.gnu.org/bash-1.14.1.tar.gz) or from a
   GNU archive site.  E-mail: .
   Usenet newsgroup: news:gnu.bash.bug.

   (1994-07-15)