Smashing

Quick meaning: Smashing is an adjective meaning Serving to smash (something).

Meaning

Serving to smash (something).

More Meanings

1. (originally US, now British and Ireland) Wonderful, very good or impressive.
2. The breaking or destruction of (something brittle) in a violent manner.
3. The destruction or disintegration of something by being smashed.
4. The hitting of something extremely hard.
5. The complete and sudden ruin or ruination of something.
6. (informal, idiomatic) An overwhelming victory or success.
7. The deformation of something through continuous pressure.

Example Sentences

We had a smashing time at the zoo.

The boxer delivered a smashing blow to his opponent's head.

Some Greek dance is traditionally accompanied by the smashing of crockery.

Incoherency had overtaken his speech, but he was unaware of it. Nor did he connect the smashing of a bottle with the generous curve of his transit.

Word Forms

• smashings

Synonyms for smashing

Depending on context, synonyms include keen, good, cool, great, swell, dandy.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include shattering, bully, swell, keen, cool, great.

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