Diablo just come up sort of excited and trembling and didn't know whether to bash my head in with his forehoofs or let me go.

'Weel,' he said slowly, judicially, 'it's maybe a peety to fecht aboot a trifle like that, an' we canna permit kickin', clawin' an' bitin' in this genteel estayblishment; but seein' it's a dull evenin', an' jist for to help for to pass the time, I'll len' ye ma auld boxin' gloves, an' ye can bash awa' till ye're wearit.

I expect by now that I have as good as told you the plotyoung brother caught burgling hero's flat; hero, intrigued by mention of sister, doffing his society trappings, following his captive to crook-land, bashing the wicked inhabitants with his heroic fists, and finally, of course, wedding the sister.

A gentle quiet woman, getting into a temper, says: "If I were a man, I would just bash your filthy mug.

You can bash a nail into the wall with any heavy, heftable object from a rock to a hammer to a cast-iron skillet.