smash

IPA: smˈæʃ

noun

  • The sound of a violent impact; a violent striking together.
  • (Britain, colloquial) A traffic collision.
  • (colloquial) Something very successful or popular (as music, food, fashion, etc).
  • (tennis) A very hard overhead shot hit sharply downward.
  • (colloquial, archaic) A bankruptcy.
  • (colloquial, archaic) A disaster; a bad situation.
  • A mashed foodstuff.
  • A kind of julep cocktail containing chunks of fresh fruit that can be eaten after finishing the drink.
  • (aviation, informal) Airspeed; dynamic pressure.
  • (uncountable, archaic) Destruction.

verb

  • (transitive) To break (something brittle) violently.
  • (intransitive) To be destroyed by being smashed.
  • (transitive) To hit extremely hard.
  • (transitive, figuratively) To ruin completely and suddenly.
  • (transitive, figuratively) To defeat overwhelmingly; to gain a comprehensive success over.
  • (transitive, US) To deform through continuous pressure.
  • (transitive, slang, vulgar) To have sexual intercourse with.
  • (intransitive, slang, archaic) Synonym of go to smash (“to go to ruin; to fail disastrously”)
  • (UK, slang, obsolete) To pass counterfeit money.
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Examples of "smash" in Sentences

  • The idea is smashing.
  • He smashed the cup by accident.
  • The people could smash the rock.
  • He smashes the window of the car.
  • I picked the one that is smashing.
  • The girl accidentally smashed the vase.
  • The crowd began to smash in the windows.
  • People all agreed that it is a smashing idea.
  • He falls to the ground and is smashed by the barrel.
  • Smash and Crush defended the titles in the summer of 1990.
  • He was a terrific learner and now is a regular at the annual "pumkin smash".
  • I'm letting go of it as fast as I can, and a smash is the quickest way to let go.
  • They put me first, promoted me first from weaving to what they call a smash hand.
  • Pharis: They put me first, promoted me first from weaving to what they call a smash hand.
  • All of that only to have the GOP and mostly McCain smash my loyalty into a million tiny little pieces.
  • Indeed, the Israelis are saying that they need certainly several more days to what they call smash Hezbollah's capabilities.
  • It bursts like a rainstorm, sheet upon sheet, _smash, smash, smash_, with one or two more of the heavier shells punctuating the shower of the lighter ones.
  • And he took no time to once again smash neoliberal dogma; "there can be sustainable social and economic growth side by side with a functional democratic process".

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