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smashing

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Smash  \Smash\  (sm[a^]sh),  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Smashed} 
  (sm[a^]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  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  smashing 
  adj  :  (informal)  very  good;  "a  bully  pulpit";  "a  cool  sports  car"; 
  "had  a  great  time  at  the  party";  "you  look  simply 
  smashing"  [syn:  {bang-up},  {bully},  {cool},  {corking}, 
  {cracking},  {dandy},  {great},  {groovy},  {keen},  {neat}, 
  {nifty},  {not  bad(p)},  {peachy},  {slap-up},  {swell}] 
  n  :  the  act  of  breaking  something  into  small  pieces  [syn:  {shattering}]




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