Bash and Reception

noun

• A vigorous blow.
  • usage: "the sudden knock floored him"; "he took a bash right in his face"; "he got a bang on the head"
  • synonyms: knock, bang, smash, belt
• An uproarious party.
  • synonyms: do, brawl

verb

• Hit hard.
  • synonyms: sock, bop, whop, whap, bonk

• (v.t.&i.) To abash; to disconcert or be disconcerted or put out of countenance.
• (v.t.) To strike heavily; to beat; to crush.

Bash is a masculine given name

• Name Meaning: Forerunner
• Name Origin: African

noun

• The manner in which something is greeted.
  • usage: "she did not expect the cold reception she received from her superiors"
  • synonyms: response
• A formal party of people; as after a wedding.
• Quality or fidelity of a received broadcast.
• The act of receiving.
  • synonyms: receipt
• American football. ( the act of catching a pass in football)
  • usage: "the tight end made a great reception on the 20 yard line"

• (n.) Acceptance, as of an opinion or doctrine.
• (n.) The act or manner of receiving, especially of receiving visitors; entertainment; hence, an occasion or ceremony of receiving guests; as, a hearty reception; an elaborate reception.
• (n.) The state of being received.
• (n.) The act of receiving; receipt; admission; as, the reception of food into the stomach; the reception of a letter; the reception of sensation or ideas; reception of evidence.
• (n.) A retaking; a recovery.

(DoD) Arrangements to welcome and provide secure quarters or transportation for defectors, escapees, evaders, or incoming agents.
(DoD) All ground arrangements connected with the delivery and disposition of air or sea drops. Includes selection and preparation of site, signals for warning and approach, facilitation of secure departure of agents, speedy collection of delivered articles, and their prompt removal to storage places having maximum security. When a group is involved, it may be called a reception committee.
(DoD) The process of receiving, offloading, marshalling, and transporting of personnel, equipment, and materiel from the strategic and/or intratheater deployment phase to a sea, air, or surface transportation point of debarkation to the marshalling area.