smash

Meanings

Noun

• The sound of a violent impact; a violent striking together.
• A traffic collision.
• Something very successful or popular (as music, food, fashion, etc).
• A very hard overhead shot hit sharply downward.
• A bankruptcy.
• A kind of julep cocktail containing chunks of fresh fruit that can be eaten after finishing the drink.
• Airspeed; dynamic pressure.

Verb

• To break (something brittle) violently.
• To be destroyed by being smashed.
• To hit extremely hard.
• To ruin completely and suddenly.
• To defeat overwhelmingly; to gain a comprehensive success over.
• To deform through continuous pressure.
• To have sexual intercourse with.

Related

Similar words

• dash, shatter
• shatter
• dash
• slaughter, trounce

Origin

• From a . Compare Swedish smask ("a light explosion, crack, report"), dialectal Swedish smaska ("to smack, kiss"), Danish smaske ("to smack with the lips"), Low German smaksen ("to smack with the lips, kiss").