smash

noun smashes

1. countable, uncountable The sound of a violent impact; a violent striking together. I could hear the screech of the brakes, then the horrible smash of cars colliding.
2. Ireland, UK, colloquial, countable, uncountable A traffic collision. The driver and two passengers were badly injured in the smash.
3. colloquial, countable, uncountable Something very successful or popular (as music, food, fashion, etc). This new show is sure to be a smash.
4. countable, uncountable A very hard overhead shot hit sharply downward. A smash may not be as pretty as a good half volley, but it can still win points.
5. archaic, colloquial, countable, uncountable A bankruptcy. 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?
6. archaic, colloquial, countable, uncountable A disaster; a bad situation. “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. countable, uncountable A mashed foodstuff. […] the saltbush dukkah, avocado and feta smash.
8. countable, uncountable A kind of julep cocktail containing chunks of fresh fruit that can be eaten after finishing the drink.
9. countable, informal, uncountable Airspeed; dynamic pressure. 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. archaic, uncountable Destruction. 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 smashes · smashing · smashed

1. transitive To break (something brittle) violently. The demolition team smashed the buildings to rubble.
2. intransitive To be destroyed by being smashed. The crockery smashed as it hit the floor.
3. transitive To hit extremely hard. He smashed his head against the table.
4. figuratively, transitive To ruin completely and suddenly. The news smashed any hopes of a reunion.
5. figuratively, transitive To defeat overwhelmingly; to gain a comprehensive success over. The Indians smashed the Yankees 22-0.
6. US, transitive To deform through continuous pressure. I slowly smashed the modeling clay flat with the palm of my hand.
7. slang, transitive, vulgar To have sex with. Would you smash her?
8. archaic, intransitive, slang Synonym of go to smash (“to go to ruin; to fail disastrously”). "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.
9. Ireland, UK, obsolete, slang To pass counterfeit money.

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