bash the bishop
bash the bishop verb: to masturbate by stimulating one's penis.
Verb
bash the bishop (third-person singular simple present bashes the bishop, present participle bashing the bishop, simple past and past participle bashed the bishop)
- To masturbate by stimulating one's penis.
- “Hello, Gladys,” I said, shaking her by the hand. “Joffy here used to bash the bishop so much when he was a boy we all thought he would go blind.”2003, Jasper Fforde, The Eyre Affair
Forms of bash the bishop
| third-person singular present | bashes the bishop |
|---|---|
| present participle | bashing the bishop |
| past participle | bashed the bishop |
| past | bashed the bishop |
Origin of bash the bishop
Uncertain or disputed. Goldman (1950) suggests that beat the bishop comes from a resemblance of the penis to a bishop’s miter; Partridge (7th ed., 1970) likewise derives bash the bishop from a resemblance to the Staunton bishop chess piece. Other sources, such as Green, suggest that assonance of bishop with bash, beat, bop etc. may have given rise to the phrase as a type of word play.
Questions about bash the bishop
- What does bash the bishop mean?
- Bash the bishop means to masturbate by stimulating one's penis.
- What part of speech is bash the bishop?
- Bash the bishop is a verb.
- What is the past tense of bash the bishop?
- The past tense of bash the bishop is bashed the bishop.
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