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smash(medicine)
smash hit(dictionary)
smash(1)(dictionary)
smash(2)(dictionary)
smash(3)(dictionary)
smash-up(dictionary)
smash 2, noun(dictionary)
smash 1, verb(dictionary)
Smash Hits(dictionary)

smash(3) (iou) and ll. (iou)


smash(3) (iou)



smash verb1 & adverb. L17.
[Prob. imit., repr. a blend of smack, smite, etc., with bash, mash, etc.]
A. verb.
I. verb trans.
Kick (a person) downstairs. rare. Only in L17.
Break (a thing) in pieces, esp. as the result of a blow or impact; shatter. L18.
Conan Doyle His second bust..had been smashed to atoms. Financial Times Prisoners smashed the china pans.
Drive or fling forcibly and violently down, against, etc.; cause (a thing) to strike against something with force and violence (freq. foll. by on, against); cause (a moving vehicle to collide with a stationary object or another moving vehicle (foll. by into). Also, batter (in, out, etc.); break (one's way) violently in, out, etc.; hit violently with the fist etc. E19.
D. Marechera The landlady..smashed the rolling pin on his great head. A. Rich The swell smashed her against the reef.
b. Tennis & Badminton etc. Strike (the ball) with a hard fast overarm volley. L19.
Defeat overwhelmingly; crush, destroy. E19.
A. F. Douglas-Home A win..for the Conservative Party could..have smashed the Socialists. City Limits The attempt to smash the drugs ring.
Make bankrupt, cause to fail financially. colloq. M19.
II. verb intrans.
Move rapidly and violently, esp. with shattering effect, over, through, etc.; strike against something with force and violence (freq. foll. by on, against); (of a moving vehicle) collide with a stationary object or another moving vehicle (foll. by into). M19.
H. B. Stowe Picking up the silver dollar, he sent it smashing through the window-pane. P. Marshall Repeatedly she sent her fist smashing out. A. Tyler A Pepsi truck..smashed into her left front fender.
Go bankrupt, fail financially. colloq. M19.
Break in pieces, esp. as the result of a blow or impact, shatter. L19.
Conan Doyle The glass smashed into a thousand pieces.
With adverbs in specialized senses: smash up break or destroy thoroughly and systematically (lit. & fig.).
Comb.: smash-and-grab adjective & noun (a) adjective (of a raid) in which a thief smashes a shop window and grabs the goods displayed there; (b) noun a smash-and-grab raid; smash-mouth adjective (N. Amer. Sport) (of a style of play) aggressive and confrontational.
b. adverb. With a smash or smashing sound. E19.
play smash dial. & US colloq. come to grief.
smashed ppl adjective (a) that has been smashed, shattered, etc.; (b) slang (orig. US) completely under the influence of alcohol or drugs: E19.

ll. (iou)



ll. abbreviation.
Lines (in references).