Meanings
Verb (5-dan, す, transitive)
1. to let fly; to make fly; to send flying; to blow off (e.g. in the wind); to launch; to fire; to hurl; to shoot
2. to skip over; to leave out; to omit; to drop (e.g. a stitch)
3. to run fast; to drive fast; to gallop
4. to spray; to splash; to spatter
5. to say without reservation; to call out (e.g. a jeer); to rattle off (e.g. a joke)
6. to spread (e.g. a rumour); to circulate; to send out (a message); to issue (e.g. an appeal)
7. to transfer (to a less important post); to send away (e.g. to a provincial branch); to demote
8. to dispatch quickly (e.g. a reporter)
9. to get rid of; to burn off (alcohol)
10. to attack (e.g. with a leg manoeuvre)
Auxiliary verb (5-dan, す)
11. to do vigorously; to do roughly; to do energetically
Kanji used
fly
Pitch accent
ばす
Top 1800
Used in vocabulary (35 in total)
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
to thrust away; to send flying
to flick off; to give (someone) the flick; to send (something) flying; to hit (a person); to knock down
to kick flying (often a person in sport, martial arts, etc.)
to knock (someone) to their feet; to knock down; to send flying; to strike; to drive away (one's sorrows, worries, etc.); to dispel
to laugh away; to laugh off
to fling (away); to hurl
to send (something) flying; to splatter; to drive (something) off
to dispose of; to sell off
to speed; to tear away; to skip over (e.g. pages)
to flick off; to give (someone) the flick; to send (something) flying; to hit (a person); to knock down
to issue a manifesto; to appeal
to send (something) flying; to splatter; to drive (something) off
to send (something) flying; to splatter; to drive (something) off
to blow off (strongly); to blow away; to drive away (e.g. one's worries); to dispel; to do at great speed (e.g. drive a car); to carry out (a task) very quickly
to rebuke strongly; to tell off
to knock out (e.g. homer); to slam; to send flying (e.g. a ball); to wallop (someone)
to knock down; to send flying
to skip over (while reading); to skim
to heckle; to jeer
to stare (at); to glare
to crack a joke; to tell a joke
to engage in a heated discussion
to shake off (e.g. rain from an umbrella)
to heckle; to jeer
to splash water
to fly a pigeon
to issue a manifesto; to appeal
to kick flying (often a person in sport, martial arts, etc.)
to heckle; to jeer
to rebuke strongly; to tell off
to issue a manifesto; to appeal
to knock (someone) to their feet; to knock down; to send flying; to strike; to drive away (one's sorrows, worries, etc.); to dispel
to tear along (a road)
to engage in a heated discussion
Examples (11 in total)
I skipped the introduction.
Skip the boring chapters.
The roof was torn off due to the strong winds.