smash : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: smash	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for smash
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
smash adv with a loud crash; "the car went smash through the fence" Synonym(s): smash, smashingly n a vigorous blow; "the sudden knock floored him"; "he took a bash right in his face"; "he got a bang on the head" Synonym(s): knock, bash, bang, smash, belt a serious collision (especially of motor vehicles) Synonym(s): smash, smash-up a hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head Synonym(s): overhead, smash the act of colliding with something; "his crash through the window"; "the fullback's smash into the defensive line" Synonym(s): crash, smash a conspicuous success; "that song was his first hit and marked the beginning of his career"; "that new Broadway show is a real smasher"; "the party went with a bang" Synonym(s): hit, smash, smasher, strike, bang v hit hard; "He smashed a 3-run homer" [syn: smash, nail, boom, blast] break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over; "Smash a plate" Synonym(s): smash, dash reduce to bankruptcy; "My daughter's fancy wedding is going to break me!"; "The slump in the financial markets smashed him" Synonym(s): bankrupt, ruin, break, smash hit violently; "She smashed her car against the guard rail" humiliate or depress completely; "She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation"; "The death of her son smashed her" Synonym(s): crush, smash, demolish damage or destroy as if by violence; "The teenager banged up the car of his mother" Synonym(s): bang up, smash up, smash hit (a tennis ball) in a powerful overhead stroke collide or strike violently and suddenly; "The motorcycle smashed into the guard rail" overthrow or destroy (something considered evil or harmful); "The police smashed the drug ring after they were tipped off" break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow; "The window smashed"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Smash \Smash\, v. t. (Lawn Tennis) To hit (the ball) from above the level of the net with a very hard overhand stroke.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Smash \Smash\ (sm[acr]sh), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Smashed} (sm[acr]sht); p. pr. & vb. n. {Smashing}.] [Cf. Sw. smisk a blow, stroke, smiska to strike, dial. Sw. smaske to kiss with a noise, and E. smack a loud kiss, a slap.] To break in pieces by violence; to dash to pieces; to crush. Here everything is broken and smashed to pieces. --Burke.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Smash \Smash\, v. i. To break up, or to pieces suddenly, as the result of collision or pressure.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Smash \Smash\, n. 1. A breaking or dashing to pieces; utter destruction; wreck. 2. Hence, bankruptcy. [Colloq.]