Smash

/smæʃ/ · noun

Meaning

The sound of a violent impact; a violent striking together..

Definitions by Sense

1. The sound of a violent impact; a violent striking together.
2. (UK, Ireland, colloquial) A traffic collision.
3. (colloquial) Something very successful or popular (as music, food, fashion, etc).
4. (tennis) A very hard overhead shot hit sharply downward.
5. (colloquial, archaic) A bankruptcy.
6. (colloquial, archaic) A disaster; a bad situation.
7. A mashed foodstuff.
8. A kind of julep cocktail containing chunks of fresh fruit that can be eaten after finishing the drink.

Example Sentences

I could hear the screech of the brakes, then the horrible smash of cars colliding.

The display cabinet hit the floor with a smash.

The driver and two passengers were badly injured in the smash.

The footage of this scene has been re-used in several later films where a good, convincing train smash was required, notably in "Seven Sinners" (1937).

This new show is sure to be a smash.

The dress is a smash.

[…]Mumford & Sons – prospering British folk band, in the middle of a long tour of Australia, the US and the UK, their newly released album Babel a smash on all fronts – wander to centre stage.

All together, this look is a smash in our books.

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• smashes
• smashing
• smashed

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