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python | bash |

As a noun python

is a type of large constricting snake.

As an acronym bash is

(computing) name of the (the "shell") for unix-like operating system.

python

English

Proper noun

(wikipedia Python) (en proper noun)
  • (Greek mythology) The earth-dragon of Delphi, represented as a serpent, killed by Apollo.
  • * 1995 , Gordon MacDonald Kirkwood, A Short Guide to Classical Mythology , page 11,
  • Here Apollo killed a serpent called the Python', and established a great prophetic shrine. Sometimes it is said that the Titaness Themis had the shrine before him, and this, as well as the killing of the ' Python , suggests that Apollo took over a place already of religious significance, associated with chthonic (i.e., earth) powers.
  • * 2000 , Otar Lordkipanidze, Phasis: The River and City in Colchis , page 70,
  • It would seem, therefore, that what we have on the Phasian phiale is the Python' coiled round the omphalos.Paintings on Greek pottery and coins have preserved many an example of gods seated on an omphalos, including those of Apollo, Nike, Asclepius and others.413 ' Python on the omphalos must have carried some symbolic meaning.
  • * 2005 , M. A. Dwight, Taylor Lewis, Grecian and Roman Mythology , page 183,
  • Python', says Bailey, is derived from Putho to putrify, and the serpent '''Python''' being slain by Apollo, is thus interpreted: by ' Python is understood the ruin of the waters ; Apollo slew this serpent with his arrows ; that is, the beams of the sun dispersed the noxious vapours, which destroyed man like a devouring serpent.
  • A programming language invented by Guido van Rossum, named after Monty Python .
  • (informal) The British comedy troupe .
  • A member of Monty Python': Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones or Michael Palin; referred to collectively as ''The '''Pythons .
  • John Cleese is perhaps the best-known of the Pythons .

    See also

    * python

    Anagrams

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    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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