dictionary definitions for "smashing"


From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Smash \Smash\ (sm[a^]sh), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Smashed
     (sm[a^]sht); p. pr. & vb. n. Smashing.] [Cf. Sw. smisk a
     blow, stroke, smiska to strike, dial. Sw. smaske to kiss with
     a noise, and E. smack a loud kiss, a slap.]
     1. To break in pieces by violence; to dash to pieces; to
        crush.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Here everything is broken and smashed to pieces.
                                                    --Burke.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Lawn Tennis) To hit (the ball) from above the level of
        the net with a very hard overhand stroke.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  smashing
      adj 1: very good; "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car";
             "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply
             smashing" [syn: bang-up, bully, corking,
             cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat,
             nifty, {not bad(p)}, peachy, slap-up, swell,
             smashing]
      n 1: the act of breaking something into small pieces [syn:
           smashing, shattering]


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