smasher

[ smash-er ]

/ ˈsmæʃ ər /

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noun

a person or thing that smashes.

a person or thing that is excellent, impressive, extraordinary, or the like: That new off-Broadway show is a real smasher.

Origin of smasher

First recorded in 1785–95; smash + -er¹

Words nearby smasher

smash, smash hit, smash-and-grab, smash-up, smashed, smasher, smashing, smatch, smatter, smattering, smatv

Definition for smasher (2 of 2)

smash

[ smash ]

/ smæʃ /

verb (used with object)

to break to pieces with violence and often with a crashing sound, as by striking, letting fall, or dashing against something; shatter: He smashed the vase against the wall.

to defeat, disappoint, or disillusion utterly.

to hit or strike (someone or something) with force.

to overthrow or destroy something considered as harmful: They smashed the drug racket.

to ruin financially: The depression smashed him.

Tennis, Badminton, Table Tennis. to hit (a ball or shuttlecock) overhead or overhand with a hard downward motion, causing the shot to move very swiftly and to strike the ground or table usually at a sharp angle.

verb (used without object)

to break to pieces from a violent blow or collision.

to dash with a shattering or crushing force or with great violence; crash (usually followed by against, into, through, etc.).

to become financially ruined or bankrupt (often followed by up).

to flatten and compress the signatures of a book in a press before binding.

noun

the act or an instance of smashing or shattering.

the sound of such a smash.

a blow, hit, or slap.

a destructive collision, as between automobiles.

a smashed or shattered condition.

a process or state of collapse, ruin, or destruction: the total smash that another war would surely bring.

financial failure or ruin.

Informal. smash hit.

a drink made of brandy, or other liquor, with sugar, water, mint, and ice.

Tennis, Badminton, Table Tennis.

an overhead or overhand stroke in which the ball or shuttlecock is hit with a hard, downward motion causing it to move very swiftly and to strike the ground or table usually at a sharp angle.
a ball hit with such a stroke.

adjective

of, relating to, or constituting a great success: That composer has written many smash tunes.

Origin of smash

1690–1700; perhaps blend of smack² and mash¹

SYNONYMS FOR smash

5 bankrupt.

11 crash.

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synonym study for smash

1. See break.

OTHER WORDS FROM smash

smash·a·ble, adjective

Example sentences from the Web for smasher

Charley says I 'm to go with him, pa; he 's about to try Smasher as a leader, and wants me, if anything goes wrong.

Roland Cashel |Charles James Lever
And while young men in smasher hats fall over each other in the streets, the sober British troops look solidly on and wonder.

On the Heels of De Wet |The Intelligence Officer
If you make it twelve and a half cents, you'll have a smasher.

Life in the Clearings versus the Bush |Susanna Moodie
Burchester, too, has had a smasher; and I myself have not escaped.

The Daltons, Volume I (of II) |Charles James Lever

It frequently happens that a good dancer makes a ready “smasher.”

The Old Pike |Thomas B. Searight

British Dictionary definitions for smasher (1 of 2)

smasher

/ (ˈsmæʃə) /

noun

informal, mainly British a person or thing that is very attractive or outstanding

British Dictionary definitions for smasher (2 of 2)

smash

/ (smæʃ) /

verb

to break into pieces violently and usually noisily

(when intr, foll by against, through, into, etc) to throw or crash (against) vigorously, causing shattering he smashed the equipment; it smashed against the wall

(tr) to hit forcefully and suddenly

(tr) tennis squash badminton to hit (the ball) fast and powerfully, esp with an overhead stroke

(tr) to defeat or wreck (persons, theories, etc)

(tr) to make bankrupt

(intr) to collide violently; crash

(intr often foll by up) to go bankrupt

smash someone's face in informal to beat someone severely

noun

an act, instance, or sound of smashing or the state of being smashed

a violent collision, esp of vehicles

a total failure or collapse, as of a business

tennis squash badminton a fast and powerful overhead stroke

informal

something having popular success
(in combination)smash-hit

slang loose change; coins

adverb

with a smash

Derived forms of smash

smashable, adjective

Word Origin for smash

C18: probably from sm ( ack ² + m) ash

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smasher

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Definition for smasher (2 of 2)

verb (used with object)

verb (used without object)

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adjective

Origin of smash

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