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Smash

//smæʃ// noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    with a loud crash wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    The sound of a violent impact; a violent striking together. countable, uncountable

    "I could hear the screech of the brakes, then the horrible smash of cars colliding."

  2. 2
    a conspicuous success wordnet
  3. 3
    A traffic collision. Ireland, UK, colloquial, countable, uncountable

    "The driver and two passengers were badly injured in the smash."

  4. 4
    the act of colliding with something wordnet
  5. 5
    Something very successful or popular (as music, food, fashion, etc). colloquial, countable, uncountable

    "This new show is sure to be a smash."

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  1. 6
    a hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head wordnet
  2. 7
    A very hard overhead shot hit sharply downward. countable, uncountable

    "A smash may not be as pretty as a good half volley, but it can still win points."

  3. 8
    a serious collision (especially of motor vehicles) wordnet
  4. 9
    A bankruptcy. archaic, colloquial, countable, uncountable

    "Supposing a man has for the space of a month carried on trade in a showy shop in Cheapside, and then comes a smash, — is he not to be held a trader within the bankrupt law, because no one can swear that he has traded for four months?"

  5. 10
    a vigorous blow wordnet
  6. 11
    A disaster; a bad situation. archaic, colloquial, countable, uncountable

    "“There’s nowhere else to go to now, for the people at the Cripples are all in custody, and the bar of the ken—I went up there and see it with my own eyes—is filled with traps.” “This is a smash,” observed Toby, biting his lips. “There’s more than one will go with this.”"

  7. 12
    A mashed foodstuff. countable, uncountable

    "[…] the saltbush dukkah, avocado and feta smash."

  8. 13
    A kind of julep cocktail containing chunks of fresh fruit that can be eaten after finishing the drink. countable, uncountable
  9. 14
    Airspeed; dynamic pressure. countable, informal, uncountable

    "Then, for Horner's red team, it became just a matter of gaining sufficient smash (airspeed) to convert on them and film them with gun cameras."

  10. 15
    Destruction. archaic, uncountable

    "I went back with him to the Admiral Benbow, and you cannot imagine a house in such a state of smash; the very clock had been thrown down by these fellows in their furious hunt after my mother and myself; […]"

Verb
  1. 1
    To break (something brittle) violently. transitive

    "The demolition team smashed the buildings to rubble."

  2. 2
    break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow wordnet
  3. 3
    To be destroyed by being smashed. intransitive

    "The crockery smashed as it hit the floor."

  4. 4
    break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over wordnet
  5. 5
    To hit extremely hard. transitive

    "He smashed his head against the table."

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  1. 6
    overthrow or destroy (something considered evil or harmful) wordnet
  2. 7
    To ruin completely and suddenly. figuratively, transitive

    "The news smashed any hopes of a reunion."

  3. 8
    hit with great force wordnet
  4. 9
    To defeat overwhelmingly; to gain a comprehensive success over. figuratively, transitive

    "The Indians smashed the Yankees 22-0."

  5. 10
    collide or strike violently and suddenly wordnet
  6. 11
    To deform through continuous pressure. US, transitive

    "I slowly smashed the modeling clay flat with the palm of my hand."

  7. 12
    hit (a tennis ball) in a powerful overhead stroke wordnet
  8. 13
    To have sex with. slang, transitive, vulgar

    "Would you smash her?"

  9. 14
    damage or destroy as if by violence wordnet
  10. 15
    Synonym of go to smash (“to go to ruin; to fail disastrously”). archaic, intransitive, slang

    ""What would have become of the gems had the bank smashed?" asked Marie in a timid and rather tearful voice, for it was a terrible thought to think that her dreams might dissolve into thin air."

  11. 16
    humiliate or depress completely wordnet
  12. 17
    To pass counterfeit money. Ireland, UK, obsolete, slang
  13. 18
    hit violently wordnet
  14. 19
    reduce to bankruptcy wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Uncertain, probably of onomatopoeic origin. Compare Swedish smask (“to smack with the lips”), dialectal Swedish smaska (“to smack, kiss”), Danish smaske (“to smack with the lips”), Low German smaksen (“to smack with the lips, kiss”).

Etymology 2

Uncertain, probably of onomatopoeic origin. Compare Swedish smask (“to smack with the lips”), dialectal Swedish smaska (“to smack, kiss”), Danish smaske (“to smack with the lips”), Low German smaksen (“to smack with the lips, kiss”).

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