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Definition of Smash

1. Adverb. With a loud crash. "The car went smash through the fence"

2. Verb. Hit hard. "He smashed a 3-run homer"

3. Noun. A vigorous blow. "He got a bang on the head"

4. Verb. Break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over. "They smash the glass tubes"; "Smash a plate"

5. Noun. A serious collision (especially of motor vehicles).

6. Verb. Reduce to bankruptcy. "The slump in the financial markets smashed him"

7. Noun. A hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head.

8. Verb. Hit violently. "She smashed her car against the guard rail"

9. Noun. The act of colliding with something. "The fullback's smash into the defensive line"

10. Verb. Humiliate or depress completely. "The bad news will smash him"; "The death of her son smashed her"

11. Noun. A conspicuous success. "The party went with a bang"

12. Verb. Damage or destroy as if by violence. "The teenager banged up the car of his mother"

13. Verb. Hit (a tennis ball) in a powerful overhead stroke.

14. Verb. Collide or strike violently and suddenly. "The motorcycle smashed into the guard rail"

15. Verb. Overthrow or destroy (something considered evil or harmful). "The police smashed the drug ring after they were tipped off"

16. Verb. Break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow. "The window smashed"

Definition of Smash

1. v. t. To break in pieces by violence; to dash to pieces; to crush.

2. v. i. To break up, or to pieces suddenly, as the result of collision or pressure.

3. n. A breaking or dashing to pieces; utter destruction; wreck.

4. v. t. To hit (the ball) from above the level of the net with a very hard overhand stroke.

Definition of Smash

1. Noun. The sound of a violent impact, to strike violently. ¹

2. Noun. (British colloquial) A traffic accident. ¹

3. Noun. (context: colloquial entertainment) Something very successful. ¹

4. Noun. (context: tennis) A very hard overhead shot hit sharply downward. ¹

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

6. Verb. To hit extremely hard. ¹

7. Verb. (figuratively) To ruin completely and suddenly. ¹

8. Verb. (transitive figuratively) To defeat overwhelmingly. ¹

9. Verb. (American English) To deform through continuous pressure. ¹

10. Verb. (intransitive) To be destroyed by being smashed. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Smash

1. to shatter violently [v -ED, -ING, -ES]

Medical Definition of Smash

1. To break up, or to pieces suddenly, as the result of collision or pressure. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Smash

smartmouthed smartmouthing smartmouths smartness smartnesses smartphone smartphones smarts smarts off smartweed

smartweeds smarty smarty pants smarty pantses smartypants smash (current term) smash-mouth smash-up smash and grab smash and grabs

smash down smash hit smash the stack smash up smashable smashed smasher smashers smashes smashie

Literary usage of Smash

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Tait's Edinburgh Magazine by William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone (1855)
"That the said Thomas Stalker, the Щ<х, «»sa friend of the said Gore smash ; that his и »u bU conducting agent, and that though the mayor »i- ..."

2. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"to smash a window-pane, which is the commonest use of the word in ... It is thus clear that smista, to slap, occurring in the very sense of 'to smash glass' ..."

3. Methods and Players of Modern Lawn Tennis by Jahial Parmly Paret (1915)
"Behr's Odd Drive Volley Most Americans Overdo the smash HL Doherty the Best at ... Now we come to consideration of the smash. This play is nothing more than ..."

4. Methods and Players of Modern Lawn Tennis by Jahial Parmly Paret (1922)
"Behr's Odd Drive Volley Most Americans Overdo the smash HL Doherty the Best at ... Now we come to consideration of the smash. This play is nothing more than ..."

5. Northumberland Words by Richard Oliver Heslop, Oliver Heslop (1892)
"smash me ! smash me crop ! smash me hoggers ! smash me sark ! ... smash " may also be mess, or " by the mass," and "Ad smash," or " Od smash," would thus ..."

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