Dictionary Definition
smash
Noun
1 a vigorous blow; "the sudden knock floored
him"; "he took a bash right in his face"; "he got a bang on the
head" [syn: knock,
bash, bang, belt]
2 a serious collision (especially of motor
vehicles) [syn: smash-up]
3 a hard return hitting the tennis ball above
your head [syn: overhead]
4 the act of colliding with something; "his crash
through the window"; "the fullback's smash into the defensive line"
[syn: crash]
5 a conspicuous success; "that song was his first
hit and marked the beginning of his career"; "that new Broadway
show is a real smasher"; "the party went with a bang" [syn:
hit, smasher, strike, bang] adv : with a loud crash; "the
car went smash through the fence" [syn: smashingly]
Verb
2 break into pieces, as by striking or knocking
over; "Smash a plate" [syn: dash]
3 reduce to bankruptcy; "My daughter's fancy
wedding is going to break me!"; "The slump in the financial markets
smashed him" [syn: bankrupt, ruin, break]
4 hit violently; "She smashed her car against the
guard rail"
5 humiliate or depress completely; "She was
crushed by his refusal of her invitation"; "The death of her son
smashed her" [syn: crush,
demolish]
6 damage or destroy as if by violence; "The
teenager banged up the car of his mother" [syn: bang up, smash up]
7 hit (a tennis ball) in a powerful overhead
stroke
8 collide or strike violently and suddenly; "The
motorcycle smashed into the guard rail"
9 overthrow or destroy (something considered evil
or harmful); "The police smashed the drug ring after they were
tipped off"
10 break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent
blow; "The window smashed"
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -æʃ
Noun
- The sound of a violent impact.
- I could hear the screech of the brakes, then the horrible smash of cars colliding.
- In the context of "colloquial|outside US": A traffic accident.
- The driver and two passengers were badly injured in the smash.
- In the context of "colloquial|entertainment": Something very
successful.
- This new show of mine is sure to be a smash.
- In the context of "tennis": 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.
Synonyms
Translations
sound of a violent impact
colloquial: traffic accident
- Finnish: mälli (slang)
colloquial: something very successful
- Finnish: hitti
in tennis
- Croatian: smeč
- Czech: smeč
- French: smash
- Italian: smash
Verb
- To break (something brittle) violently.
- The demolition team smashed the buildings to rubble.
- The flying rock smashed the window to pieces.
- The demolition team smashed the buildings to rubble.
- To hit extremely hard.
- He smashed his head against the table
- Bonds smashed the ball 467 feet, the second longest home run in the history of the park.
- He smashed his head against the table
- To ruin completely and suddenly.
- The news smashed any hopes of a reunion.
- In the context of "transitive|figurative": To defeat overwhelmingly.
- The Indians smashed the Yankees 22-0.
- To deform through continuous pressure.
- I slowly smashed the modeling clay flat with the palm of my hand.
- To be destroyed by being smashed.
- The crockery smashed as it hit the floor.
Synonyms
Translations
to break violently
- Finnish: murskata, pirstoa
- French: fracasser
- Telugu: నాశనం చేయు (naaSanaM cEyu)
hit extremely hard
- Finnish: jysäyttää, mäiskäistä
- Telugu: బాదు (baadu)
figuratively: to ruin completely and suddenly
- Finnish: murskata
figuratively: to defeat overwhelmingly
- Finnish: murskata
be destroyed by being smashed
- Finnish: murskautua
Related terms
French
Noun
smash (plural: smashs or smashes)- smash (in tennis)
Italian
Noun
smash (plural: smash)- smash (in tennis)
Extensive Definition
Smash can be:
- An onomatopoeic term for a forceful, usually damaging, physical impact or the act of making such an impact.
- Smash (instant mashed potato), a brand of instant mashed potato particularly famous in the UK
- Smash (album), the highest selling independent album of all time, by The Offspring
- Smash (company) - The Greatest Clothing Store in the world. Anchoring the Mid-West in Des Moines, Iowa! Famous for shirts like, "Rock out with your caucus out"
- Smash (Jackson and His Computer Band album)
- Barry Darsow, a professional wrestler known as "Smash".
- Smash (record label), a record label
- Smash! (comic), a British comic of the 1960s.
- Smash (magazine), a children's magazine from the 1970s.
- Smash (Music promoters), a Japanese music production company responsible for Fuji Rock Festival
- Smash, a powerful attacking shot in Badminton
- Smash (tennis), a shot in tennis
- Shorthand for the video games Super Smash Bros., Super Smash Bros. Melee, or Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
- Attack on Tomorrow, a 1977 Japanese anime also known as Smash!
SMASH may refer to:
- Super Smash Bros. (series), a video game series.
- SMASH (comics), the Society of Modern American Science Heroes, a team of fictional superheroes
- Systems Management Architecture for Server Hardware, a suite of specifications that deliver industry standard protocols to manage a data center
- S*M*A*S*H, a band from the UK
- SMASH! (convention), the Sydney Manga and Anime Show
- Smash!!, the Russian music group
- SMASH, School of Martial Arts, Skilled Dance & Health
smash in Norwegian: Smash
smash in Finnish: Smash
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Waterloo, abrade, accident, annihilate, appulse, asphyxiate, atomize, bang, bang into, bash, bastinado, bat, be poised, bear market, bearish
market, beat, beat down,
beating, belt, bend, best seller, biff, big hit, billow, blast, blow, blow down, bonk, boom, bottle up, bray, break, break down, break into
pieces, break to pieces, break up, breakdown, breaking up,
breakup, brecciate, brilliant success,
bring down, brunt,
bulldoze, bulldozing, bulling, bump, bump into, burn down,
burst, butter, calamity, cannon, carambole, carom, carom into, cast down,
casualty, cataclysm, cataplasm, catastrophe, cave, cave-in, censor, chew, choke off, chop, chop down, clamp down on,
clap, clash, cleave, clip, clobber, clout, clump, collapse, collide, collision, comb, come into collision, comedown, comminute, concuss, concussion, confront each
other, conquer, conquering, conquest, contretemps, contriturate, cork, cork up, crack, crack down on, crack up,
crack-up, crash, crash
into, cropper, crumb, crumble, crump, crunch, crush, cushion, cut, cut down, cut to pieces, damp
down, dash, dash into,
deathblow, debacle, decimate, declining market,
defeat, deflation, demolish, dental pulp, destruction, diffuse, dig, dint, disassemble, disaster, disintegrate, dismantle, disperse, disrupt, downfall, drown, drub, drubbing, drumming, ease, ebb and flow, encounter, extinguish, fad, failure, fall, fall foul of, fell, fission, flatten, flour, fluff, foul, fragment, fusillade, gag, gas, gasser, gentle, grain, granulate, granulize, grate, great success, grief, grind, grind to powder, hammering, heave, hiding, hit, hit against, hold down,
humble, hurt, hurtle, ill hap, impact, impinge, impingement, jab, jar, jolt, jump on, keep down, keep
under, kill, killing, knead, knock, knock against, knock down,
knock over, knockout,
lambasting, lathering, laxate, level, levigate, lick, licking, lift, limber, limber up, loosen, macerate, make mincemeat of,
mash, massage, master, mastery, masticate, mauling, meet, meeting, mellow, meteoric success,
milden, mill, mince, misadventure, mischance, misfortune, mishap, mollify, momentary success, mow
down, mush, muzzle, nasty blow, nose dive,
off market, onslaught,
overcoming, override, overthrow, overturn, paper pulp, pash, paste, peak, pelf, pelt, percuss, percussion, pestle, pick to pieces, pileup, pith, plaster, plump, plunk, poke, popple, porridge, poultice, pound, pour water on, powder, pratfall, prostrate, pudding, pull down, pull in
pieces, pull to pieces, pulp, pulp lead, pulpify, pulpwood, pulverize, punch, put down, quash, quell, quench, quietus, rag pulp, ramming, rap, rase, raze, reduce, reduce to powder, reduce
to rubble, relax, rend, repercussion, repress, resounding triumph,
retreating market, rhino,
ride down, riot, rise, rise and fall, rive, roaring success, rocks, roll, ruin, run into, sag, sagging market, sauce, scatter, scend, scratch, scrunch, send, sensation, shake up, shard, shatter, shekels, shipwreck, shiver, shock, shred, shut down on, sideswipe, silence, sit down on, sit on,
slam, slam into, sledgehammering,
slog, slug, slump, smack, smack into, smash hit,
smash into, smash up, smash-up, smashing, smashup, smatter, smother, sock, soft market, soften, soften up, splinter, split, sponge, squash, squelch, squish, staggering blow, stanch, steamroller, stifle, strangle, strike, strike against, stroke, stuff, stultify, stumble, stumpy, subdual, subdue, subduing, subjugate, subjugation, successful, suffocate, sugar, sulfate pulp, sulfite pulp,
sunder, supple, suppress, surge, swat, swell, swing, swipe, tailspin, take apart, take
down, tattoo, tear apart,
tear down, tear to pieces, tear to shreds, tear to tatters,
tenderize, thrashing, throttle, throw down, thrusting, thump, thwack, tone down, toss, total, total loss, tragedy, trample down, trample
underfoot, tread underfoot, trimming, triturate, triumph, trouncing, tumble, tune down, unbuild, undo, undoing, undulate, unmake, vanquish, vanquishment, wallop, wampum, washout, wave, welt, whack, wham, whipping, white lead, whomp, whop, wood pulp, wow, wrack, wrack up, wreck, yerk