Definition of BASHER

basher

Plural: bashers

Noun

  • A person or thing that strikes forcefully or criticizes severely.
  • One who bashes something, figuratively or literally.
  • One who engages in gratuitous physical or verbal attacks on a group or type of people.
  • A trainspotter, especially one who likes to travel on specific trains or trainlines.
  • A rainproof sheet for sleeping under.
  • A shelter built from improvised materials by a homeless person.
  • A kind of small floodlight.

Examples

  • a Paki-basher
  • He was beaten up by a queer-basher.
  • He’s known as a vowel-basher, always trying to get rid of them quickly.

Origin / Etymology

From bash + -er.

Scrabble Score: 11

basher: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
basher: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
basher: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

basher: valid Words With Friends Word