smash

Meaning

1. The sound of a violent impact; a violent striking together.
2. (colloquial) A traffic collision.
3. (colloquial) Something very successful or popular (as music, food, fashion, etc).
4. A very hard overhead shot hit sharply downward.
5. (colloquial) A bankruptcy.
6. (colloquial) 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.
9. (informal) Airspeed; dynamic pressure.
10. Destruction.

crush

break into pieces

break to pieces

smash-up

overbear

renege on

break in pieces

bring to naught

crack open

crash against

force one’s way into

go bust

knock into

renegue on

take by force

tear to pieces

throw into

tumble down

whap

act violently

shoot into

cast into

chaw up

conflict

waste

make a raid upon

knock at a door

chop shot

devote oneself to

impinge on

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/smæʃ/

From a blend of smack + mash. Compare Swedish smask (“to smack with the lips”), dialectal Swedish smaska (“to smack, kiss”), Danish smaske (“to smack with the lips”), Low German smaksen (“to smack with the lips, kiss”).

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