smashing (ˈsmæʃɪŋ
)
Definitions
adjective
- informal mainly British excellent or first-rate; wonderful ⇒
we had a smashing time
Synonyms
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excellent,
mean,
great,
wonderful,
topping,
brilliant,
cracking,
crucial,
superb,
fantastic,
magnificent,
fabulous,
first-class,
marvellous,
terrific,
sensational,
mega,
sovereign,
awesome,
world-class,
exhilarating,
fab,
super,
first-rate,
def,
superlative,
brill,
stupendous,
out of this world
bodacious,
boffo,
jim-dandy chillin'
booshit,
exo,
sik,
rad,
phat,
schmick,
smash (smæʃ)
Definitions
verb
- to break into pieces violently and usually noisily
- 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) up to go bankrupt
- See smash someone's face in
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
See also
smash-upAlternative Forms
ˈsmashable adjectiveWord Origin
C18: probably from sm(ack² + m)ashTranslations
- British English:
smashing
If you describe something or someone as smashing, you mean that you like them very much.They are smashing people.ˈsmæʃɪŋ ADJECTIVE They are smashing people.
- Spanish:
genial
adj
- French:
super
adj
- German:
klasse
adj
- Chinese: 棒极了 adj
- Arabic: هَائِل adj
- Portuguese: excelente adj
- Russian: потрясающий adj потрясающая
- Croatian: odličan adj odlična
- Czech: fantastický adj
- Danish: dødsmart adj
- Dutch: geweldig adj
- Finnish: loistava adj
- Greek: εξαίσιος adj εξαίσια
- Italian: fantastico adj fantastica
- Japanese: すばらしい adj
- Korean: 아주 뛰어난 adj
- Norwegian: knusende adj
- Polish: fantastyczny adj fantastyczna
- Brazilian Portuguese: excelente adj
- European Spanish:
genial
adj
- Swedish: jättebra adj
- Thai: ดีเยี่ยม adj
- Turkish: harika adj
- Vietnamese: xuất sắc adj
Usage examples
Spent seawater cascaded down the deck in a wave, smashing against the coachroof, bursting upward, then washing aft, flooding the cockpit.
, Cormorant (1994)In January, the team reached a depth of 3201 metres, corresponding to 950,000 years ago, smashing the record for the deepest ever core.
New Scientist (2003)Victor Cooley won the Queen's Plate without a race after his smashing Marine Stakes win.
Globe and Mail (2003)Unquestionably a smashing bloke, Quinn is, like Pele, perhaps too close to faultless to command real devotion.
Belfast Telegraph (2003)They became very tame and let children ride on their backs -- it was smashing fun.
, THE ESSENTIAL SPIKE MILLIGAN (2002)