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Bash vs Bahs - What's the difference?

bash | bahs |

Bahs is a anagram of bash.



As nouns the difference between bash and bahs

is that bash is a large party; gala event while bahs is plural of lang=en.

As a verb bash

is to strike heavily.

As an acronym Bash

is name of the Free Software Foundation's command interpreter (the "shell") for UNIX-like operating system.

bash

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl), akin to Swedish .

Verb

(es)
  • To strike heavily.
  • To collide.
  • To criticize harshly.

    • Noun

    (es)
  • A large party; gala event.
    • They had a big bash to celebrate their tenth anniversary.
  • An attack that consists of placing all one's weight into a downward attack with one's fists.

    • Derived terms

    * bashment

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) (m), (m). See (abash).

    Verb

  • To abash; to disconcert or be disconcerted or put out of countenance.
  • * Spenser
    • His countenance was bold and bashed not.
    (Webster 1913)

    Anagrams

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    References

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    bahs

    English

    Etymology 1

    See bah

    Noun

    (head)
  • * {{quote-book, year=1949, author=Stanley Grauman Weinbaum, title=The Worlds of If, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Bah! Many bahs ! The future or the past—pfui! }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1892, author=Grace E. King, title=Balcony Stories, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=And the gentlemen,--her preux chevaliers ,--they were burning with other passions than those which had driven them to her knees, encountering a little more serious response than "bahs " and shrugs. }}

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (-)
  • * {{quote-book, year=1922, author=Paul Laurence Dunbar, title=The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Wen de hinges creak an' cry, An' de bahs go slantin' down, You kin reckon dat hit's time Fu' to cas' yo' eye erroun', 'Cause daih ain't no 'sputin' dis, Hit's de trues' sign to show Dat daih 's cou'tin' goin' on Wen de ol' front gate sags low. }}
  • * {{quote-news, year=1990, date=May 25, author=John Powers, title=The Year of the Tourist, work=Chicago Reader citation
    • , passage=As you walk down Bangkok's notorious Patpong Road ("Pussy open bottle show, bahs ?"), you eventually come across Blu Jeans Country Bar--"Hangovers Installed and Serviced." }}

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