Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Serving to smash.
- adjective Informal Extraordinarily impressive or fine; wonderful.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Crushing; also, slashing; dashing.
- Wild; gay.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Serving to
smash (something). - adjective
Wonderful , verygood orimpressive . Thought to be corruption of Irish Is maith é sin. (meaning "that's good"). - noun Gerund: The action of the verb to
smash . - verb Present participle of
smash .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective very good
- noun the act of breaking something into small pieces
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Examples
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Maeve giggled and decided that she was going to use the word smashing more often.
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Maeve giggled and decided that she was going to use the word smashing more often.
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You may have 100,000 hits, Kerron m'lad, but where's the mention of a fictional non-entity in the strictest possible sense of the term smashing you as Top Labour Blogging Personality?
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Pete has succeeded in smashing fashion in spinning up North American Aviation into a major client.
William Bradley: Mad Men : "Do You Want to Know a Secret?" (And Really Suspend Your Disbelief?)
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Pete has succeeded in smashing fashion in spinning up North American Aviation into a major client.
William Bradley: Mad Men: "Do You Want to Know a Secret?" (And Really Suspend Your Disbelief?)
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Their success in smashing the wall between investment and commercial banking is the source of our current misery.
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Their success in smashing the wall between investment and commercial banking is the source of our current misery.
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Pete has succeeded in smashing fashion in spinning up North American Aviation into a major client.
William Bradley: Mad Men : "Do You Want to Know a Secret?" (And Really Suspend Your Disbelief?)
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Their success in smashing the wall between investment and commercial banking is the source of our current misery.
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Their success in smashing the wall between investment and commercial banking is the source of our current misery.
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