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Definitions for Smasher

[1] a person or thing that smashes.
[2] a person or thing that is excellent, impressive, extraordinary, or the like: That new off-Broadway show is a real smasher.
[3] 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.
[4] to defeat, disappoint, or disillusion utterly.
[5] to hit or strike (someone or something) with force.
[6] to overthrow or destroy something considered as harmful: They smashed the drug racket.
[7] to ruin financially: The depression smashed him.
[8] Tennis , Badminton , Table Tennis . to hit (a ball or shuttlecock) overhead or overhand with a hard downward motion, causing the shot to move very swiftly and to strike the ground or table usually at a sharp angle.
[9] to break to pieces from a violent blow or collision.
[10] to dash with a shattering or crushing force or with great violence; crash (usually followed by against, into, through, etc.).
[11] to become financially ruined or bankrupt (often followed by up ).
[12] to flatten and compress the signatures of a book in a press before binding.
[13] the act or an instance of smashing or shattering.
[14] the sound of such a smash.
[15] a blow, hit, or slap.
[16] a destructive collision, as between automobiles.
[17] a smashed or shattered condition.
[18] a process or state of collapse, ruin, or destruction: the total smash that another war would surely bring.
[19] financial failure or ruin.
[20] Informal . smash hit.
[21] a drink made of brandy, or other liquor, with sugar, water, mint, and ice.
[22] Tennis , Badminton , Table Tennis . an overhead or overhand stroke in which the ball or shuttlecock is hit with a hard, downward motion causing it to move very swiftly and to strike the ground or table usually at a sharp angle. a ball hit with such a stroke.
[23] of, relating to, or constituting a great success: That composer has written many smash tunes.
[24] informal , mainly British a person or thing that is very attractive or outstanding
[25] to break into pieces violently and usually noisily
[26] (when intr, foll by against, through, into, etc ) to throw or crash (against) vigorously, causing shattering he smashed the equipment ; it smashed against the wall
[27] (tr) to hit forcefully and suddenly
[28] (tr) tennis squash badminton to hit (the ball) fast and powerfully, esp with an overhead stroke
[29] (tr) to defeat or wreck (persons, theories, etc)
[30] (tr) to make bankrupt
[31] (intr) to collide violently; crash
[32] (intr often foll by up ) to go bankrupt
[33] smash someone's face in informal to beat someone severely
[34] an act, instance, or sound of smashing or the state of being smashed
[35] a violent collision, esp of vehicles
[36] a total failure or collapse, as of a business
[37] tennis squash badminton a fast and powerful overhead stroke
[38] informal something having popular success (in combination ) smash-hit
[39] slang loose change; coins
[40] with a smash

Words related to Smasher

hit, smash

Words nearby Smasher

smash, smash hit, smash-and-grab, smash-up, smashed, smasher, smashing, smatch, smatter, smattering, smatv

Origin of Smasher

1690–1700; perhaps blend of smack2 and mash1

Other words from Smasher

smash·a·ble , adjective

Word origin for Smasher

C18: probably from sm (ack ² + m ) ash

Synonyms for Smasher

chart-topping, hit, number one, smash, very popular, very successful