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smashing

smash·ing
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [smash-ing]
    • /ˈsmæʃ ɪŋ/
    • /ˈsmæʃ.ɪŋ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [smash-ing]
    • /ˈsmæʃ ɪŋ/

Definitions of smashing word

  • adjective smashing of, relating to, or constituting a great success: That composer has written many smash tunes. 1
  • verb with object smashing to break to pieces with violence and often with a crashing sound, as by striking, letting fall, or dashing against something; shatter: He smashed the vase against the wall. 1
  • verb with object smashing to defeat, disappoint, or disillusion utterly. 1
  • verb with object smashing to hit or strike (someone or something) with force. 1
  • verb with object smashing to overthrow or destroy something considered as harmful: They smashed the drug racket. 1
  • verb with object smashing to ruin financially: The depression smashed him. 1
See all 28 definitions of smashing

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Origin of smashing

First appearance:

before 1825
One of the 37% newest English words
First recorded in 1825-35; smash + -ing2

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Smashing

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Smashing

smashing popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 81% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

smashing usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for smashing

adj smashing

  • arrestive — tending to arrest
  • bone-crushing — powerful or constricting enough to crush one's bones: a bone-crushing handshake.
  • breaking — (in Old English, Old Norse, etc) the change of a vowel into a diphthong
  • fab — fabulous (def 2).
  • fabber — fabulous (def 2).

noun smashing

  • clatter — If you say that people or things clatter somewhere, you mean that they move there noisily.
  • crash — A crash is an accident in which a moving vehicle hits something and is damaged or destroyed.

adjective smashing

  • fracturing — Present participle of fracture.
  • jarring — to have a harshly unpleasant or perturbing effect on one's nerves, feelings, thoughts, etc.: The sound of the alarm jarred.
  • jiggly — tending to jiggle or marked by a jiggling movement.
  • jouncy — Bumpy or bouncy.
  • wiggly — wiggling: a wiggly child.

interjection smashing

  • good — Graph-Oriented Object Database
  • goody — Usually, goodies. something especially attractive or pleasing, especially cake, cookies, or candy.
All 23 Synonyms of smashing

Related words

  • bash

    A bash is a party or celebration, especially a large one held by an official organization or attended by famous people.

  • kill shot

    a decisive smashing or punching of a ball with the hand or a racquet such that it is virtually unreturnable, as in volleyball, handball, or badminton.

  • smacking

    smart, brisk, or strong, as a breeze.
All related words to smashing

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