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English
Etymology
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.
Pronunciation
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)
- (idiomatic, slang) To masturbate (male).
2003, Jasper Fforde, The Eyre Affair:“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.”
Synonyms
Translations
slang for masturbate (male)
References
- Goldman, Hyman, editor (1950), “Beat the bishop”, in Dictionary of American Underworld Lingo, New York: Twayne
- Partridge, Eric (1970) A Dictionary of Slang & Unconventional English, 7th edition, volume 2, →ISBN
- “bishop n.2”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present, retrieved August 26, 2021