basher

== English == === Etymology === From bash +‎ -er. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbæʃɚ/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbæʃə/ Rhymes: -æʃə(ɹ) === Noun === basher (plural bashers) One who bashes something, figuratively or literally. (metalworking, construction) 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). (informal) One who engages in gratuitous physical or verbal attacks on a group or type of people. a Paki-basher (UK, slang) A trainspotter, especially one who likes to travel on specific trains or trainlines. (military, slang) A rainproof sheet for sleeping under. (slang) A shelter built from improvised materials by a homeless person. (television, film) A kind of small floodlight. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== References ==== (homeless shelter): Tony Thorne (2014), “basher”, in Dictionary of Contemporary Slang, 4th edition, London; […]: Bloomsbury === Anagrams === Absher, Baehrs, Behars, rehabs