Search results for 'smash':

smash verb (smashes, smashed, smashing) 1 tr & intr to break or shatter violently into pieces; to destroy or be destroyed in this way. 2 tr & intr to strike with violence, often causing damage; to burst with great force • He smashed his fist down on the table in anger • They smashed through the door. 3 colloq to break up or ruin completely • Police have smashed an international drugs ring. 4 tr & intr to become or cause to become bankrupt. 5 in racket sports: to hit (a ball) with a powerful overhead stroke. 6 to crash (a car). noun (smashes) 1 an act, or the sound, of smashing. 2 in racket sports: a powerful overhead stroke. 3 colloq a road traffic accident. 4 ruin or bankruptcy. 5 colloq a smash hit. adverb with a smashing sound.
ETYMOLOGY: 17c: probably from smack¹ and mash.