单词 | smash |
释义 | smashn.1 1. a. dialect or colloquial. A hard or heavy blow. (In earliest quots. figurative.) ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific degree of force > [noun] > striking heavily > a heavy blow smitea1200 ponder1339 clouta1400 whopc1440 routa1450 maul1481 sousec1500 dunta1522 flake1559 lambskin1573 lamback1592 daud1596 baster1600 mell1658 thumper1682 lounder1723 smash1725 plumper1756 spanker1772 douser1782 thud1787 bash1805 stave1819 batter1823 belter1823 wallop1823 whacker1823 belt1825 smasher1829 dingbat1843 dinger1845 oner1861 squeaker1877 clod1886 wham1923 dong1941 1725 E. Wigan Let. 25 Sept. in N. D. Mereness Trav. Amer. Colonies (1916) 156 They design to keep out look~outs every way and be ready to give them a Smash in their Towns. 1779 T. Twining in R. Twining Recr. & Stud. (1882) 68 This last American smash of Sir George Collier's. 1780 T. Twining in R. Twining Recr. & Stud. (1882) 79 I want nothing but one good smash at the French fleet. 1816 G. Muir Clydesdale Minstrelsy 24 (E.D.D.) Their shoon wi' tackets Were ca'd as fu' as cobler's smash Cou'd get them thacket. 1886 A. D. Willock Rosetty Ends (1887) 21 Seizin' a hoe..he made a smash at the beast. 1898 Daily News 24 Nov. 7/3 Sharkey came back with his right, delivering several smashes on Corbett's wind. b. Tennis. A hard and fast overhand volley. Also in Badminton, Table Tennis, etc. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > [noun] > manner of playing ball bata1400 back-swing1577 banding1589 stroke1662 stop1773 swipe1788 hit1810 straik1820 screwing1825 return1833 volleying1837 return stroke1838 volley1851 swiper1853 shot1868 handling1870 screw kick1870 mishit1882 smash1882 misfield1886 fumble1895 run-up1897 mishitting1900 balloon1904 carryback1905 placement1909 tonk1922 trick shot1924 retrieve1952 sizzler1960 undercut1960 shotmaking1969 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > racket games > lawn tennis > [noun] > types of stroke service1611 serving1688 screw1865 cut1874 cutting service1874 boast1878 first serve1878 smash1882 twister1884 cross-shot1889 lob1890 ground stroke1895 lob ball1900 twist service1901 boasting1902 cross-volley1905 get1911 chop1913 forehander1922 kick serve1925 forehand1934 touch shot1936 dink1939 net shot1961 overhead1964 groundie1967 slice1969 moonball1975 moonballing1977 1882 Daily Tel. 18 July 2 Fourth game: Won by E. Renshaw, after some grand play, ‘smashes’ being frequent. 1894 Outing 24 297/2 One of Hovey's smashes brought an end to the situation. 1950 Badminton (‘Know the Game’ Ser.) 30/1 The smash is perhaps the most vulnerable stroke in the game. 1981 G. MacBeth Kind of Treason xvi. 156 ‘Fourteen~fifteen,’ said Yoshida, serving again. He'd lost the point..by a wasted smash. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > prepared vegetables and dishes > [noun] > other vegetable dishes moose1568 bubble and squeak1762 poipoi1769 smash1785 poi1798 chartreuse1806 mescal1831 bhaji1832 luau1843 stelk1843 macédoine1846 peyote1849 chiffonade1877 mirepoix1877 munyeroo1878 tzimmes1892 maror1893 red flannel hash1902 subgum1902 Roquefort salad1907 caponata1931 pakora1932 Imam Bayildi1935 ratatouille niçoise1938 cauliflower cheese1940 vegeburger1945 saag aloo1967 githeri1973 aloo gobi1974 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (at cited word) Leg of mutton and smash. 1799 Sporting Mag. 13 360 W. S. Green,..for a wager of a leg of mutton and smash, drank three pints of Cogniac brandy in half an hour. b. A shivered or broken-up condition. Chiefly in phrases to break, knock etc., or go, to smash. Also used figuratively (cf. 4a). ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > break [verb (intransitive)] > shatter or break to pieces or burst to-burstc893 forbursta1000 springOE to-flyc1000 to-shootc1000 to-springc1000 to-drevea1225 to-resea1225 to-breakc1230 to go shiversc1275 to-drivec1275 to-rivec1275 to-shenec1275 to-wendc1275 debruise1297 lash13.. to-dashc1300 to-scatter13.. to-shiver13.. shiverc1330 bequash1377 shinderc1390 brasta1400 bursta1400 to-shiderc1450 to fly in pieces1488 sprent1488 splindera1500 reavec1560 dishiver1562 shatter1567 disshiver1586 split1590 slent1608 besplit1638 disrupt1657 splintera1661 rupture1734 explode1784 to ding in staves1786 to break, knock etc., or go, to smash1798 spell1811 to go (also run) smash1818 to play smash1841 bust1844 splitter1860 disrump1886 to fall into staves1895 smash1904 the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > [noun] > breaking into pieces or shattering > state of being shattered or smashed stramash1827 smashery1830 smash1857 smash-up1858 (a) (b)1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days ii. iii. 278 The door panels were in a normal state of smash.1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island i. v. 43 You cannot imagine a house in such a state of smash.1798 C. Smith Young Philosopher III. 124 She rayally thought her carridge would have been broke to smash. 1807 Salmagundi 27 June 238 He determined to do the thing genteelly, to go to smash like a hero, and dashed into the limits in high style. 1830 J. Galt Lawrie Todd I. ii. iv. 117 It beats Shedry and Abendy to immortal smash. 1840 F. Marryat Poor Jack v. 21 [It] had..‘knocked his figure-head all to smash’. 1874 Huxley in Life (1900) I. xxviii. 413 The..arrangements all went to smash. 3. a. A loud sound of breaking or crushing; a severe or extensive crushing, shivering, or breaking of anything, esp. accompanied by a crashing sound; a violent collision or impact. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > [noun] > forcible, heavy, or violent piltinga1250 racec1330 squatc1350 dasha1375 percussion?a1425 peise1490 poise1490 dashing1580 gulp1598 jolt1599 feeze1603 slam1622 arietation1625 pash1677 pulse1677 jounce1784 smash1808 smashing1821 dush1827 birr1830 dunch1831 whop1895 the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > [noun] > breaking into pieces or shattering shiveringc1400 truncheoning1477 upbreaking1493 confraction?1541 refraction1578 splinting1598 diffraction1654 hatchet work1697 shattering1748 exploding1791 smash1808 explosion1811 splintering1815 blasting1824 shatterment1841 scatteration1880 smashing1886 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sudden or violent sound > [noun] > of impact or concussion > crash, clash, or smash rackc1300 crushc1330 crashingc1440 rasha1450 reela1450 frush1487 clasha1522 crash1574 clush-clash1582 crush-crash1582 rouncival1582 clashing1619 rack1671 smash1808 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Smash,..the sound of breaking, a crash. 1833 M. Scott Tom Cringle's Log I. i. 6 I could distinctly hear a heavy smash, as the large and ponderous blocks..struck the doomed sailor. 1841 Punch 16 Oct. 165/2 The infernal smashes that have recently taken place on several railroad lines. 1853 J. R. Lowell Moosehead Jrnl. in Prose Wks. (1890) I. 4 The last great railroad smash. 1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola I. xiv. 230 One of the dim floating lights disappeared with a smash from a stone. 1876 J. S. Bristowe Treat. Theory & Pract. Med. i. iii. 112 A smash of the leg. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 27 Apr. 4/2 If the brakes fail to hold it is impossible to avoid a bad smash. 1957 M. Spark Comforters viii. 196 If I hadn't had the smash I'd have got you last autumn. b. Geology. (See quot. 1902.) ΚΠ 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXIII. 775 The Lower Chalk formation..contains many ruptures and dislocations, ‘smashes’ as they are now commonly called. 4. a. Commercial failure; stoppage through insolvency; bankruptcy. (Cf. crash n.1 2b.) ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > financial loss > [noun] > commercial failure failing1671 failure1702 crash1817 smash1839 smashdom1859 1839 J. G. Lockhart Ballantyne-humbug 114 He was careful enough to give his wife £250 on the very morning of the smash! 1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table x. 281 A commercial smash kills a hundred men's houses for them. 1867 A. Trollope Last Chron. Barset I. xxxix. 341 There is no saying what day a smash may come. b. A crushing defeat or overthrow. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defeat > [noun] confusionc1290 scomfit13.. cumber1303 discomfitc1330 scomfitingc1333 discomfiturea1400 scomfiturea1400 discomfitingc1405 overthrowc1440 male journey1455 overset1456 foilc1478 discomforture1485 supprise1488 reversea1529 distrage?1548 loss1548 defeat1553 underdeal1553 discomfort1589 defeatment1598 defeature1598 rufflec1600 defeatance1608 routa1616 Caudine Forks1619 disrout1623 conviction1631 bang1644 derout1644 conquest1677 drubbing1769 check1793 thrashing1797 sauve-qui-peut1815 debacle1847 smash1888 pasting1942 the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > defeat or overthrow > [noun] > heavy or crushing overset1456 Pharsalia1693 smashing1821 rout1831 sauve-qui-peut1861 drubbing1884 smash1888 pounding1912 shellacking1931 fucking?1945 bloodbath1967 wipeout1968 skinning1972 1888 Spectator 30 June 878 A smash of Sir E. Watkin by an instinctive vote of the House. 1897 R. S. S. Baden-Powell Matabele Campaign v. 125 It was a final smash to the enemy in the north. c. A break-up of some kind; a revolution. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > revolution > [noun] uparisingc1325 mutationa1513 revolution1555 innovation1601 novation1603 conversion1614 smash1890 1890 Spectator 2 Aug. 133/1 The ‘smash’ at Buenos Ayres, which has been expected for the last six weeks,..took place last Saturday. 5. a. An American beverage made of spirit, ice, water, sugar, and flavoured with mint. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > cocktail > [noun] > other cocktails balderdash1611 twist1699 Coke-upon-Littleton1740 julep1787 camphor julep1788 switchel1790 sling1792 mint sling1804 mint julep1809 swizzle1813 smash1850 rattlesnake1862 sour1862 Collins1865 John Collins1865 split1882 rickey1893 Picon punch1900 stinger1901 Bronx1906 Jack Rose1912 Pimm's1912 orange blossom1919 Americano1928 Merry Widow1930 snowball1930 atomic cocktail1941 Sazarac cocktail1941 grasshopper1949 Bellini1955 saketini1959 wallbanger1970 caipirinha1973 Long Island ice tea1978 Alabama slammer1980 Long Island iced tea1981 1850 A. W. Thaxter Poem before Iadma 7 Or didst thou at the Pemberton absorb a brandy-smash? 1859 F. Fowler Southern Lights 52 A Smash, ice, brandy, and water. 1861 Times 10 July Thirsty souls, who have hastened on board..for a julep, a smash, or a cocktail. 1871 Birmingham Daily Post 22 Dec. And our American refreshment bars, In drinks of all descriptions cut a dash, From corpse revivers down to ‘brandy smash’. 1873 J. Miller Life amongst Modocs (1876) v. 81 Come take a smash! It will strengthen you up..cried an old sailor, glass in hand. 1909 Cent. Dict. Suppl. Brandy-smash, a drink made by mixing brandy with crushed ice and putting a few sprigs of mint in the glass. 1958 A. L. Simon Dict. Wines 147/2 Smashes, mixed iced drinks always with a spirit foundation and some mint flavouring. 1973 P. G. Wodehouse Bachelors Anonymous xiii. 170 What more likely than that he should have fetched up in Hollywood, made a packet, perished of a surfeit of brandy smashes, and left that packet to that nephew. b. An alcoholic drink, esp. wine. North American slang. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > [noun] > a drink of strong drink?1490 drink1535 whiff1605 tip1612 wet1719 swilla1731 booze1732 slug1756 whitter1786 intoxication1799 O (or oh) be joyful1823 sneezer1823 north-wester1830 drain1836 damp1837 smile1839 snifter1844 liquor1860 rosiner1871 tiddlywink1880 bevvy1889 gargle1889 snort1889 jolt1904 smahan1914 tincture1914 taste1919 piss1925 drinkie1947 smash1959 shant1960 1959 Maclean's 15 Aug. 28/2 So I had a couple of smashes and marched in. 1966 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 15 Mar. 35/8 Every time you wanted a smash the check girl would hand the coat to you over the counter, so you could get your mickey without actually taking the coat out. 1975 Amer. Speech 1972 47 153 Let's get in the wind and belt some smash. 6. A great success; a film, person, play, song, etc., which enjoys popular success; a hit (hit n. 4). Also attributive, esp. in smash hit n. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [noun] > excellent person or thing carbunclea1350 swanc1386 phoenixc1400 diamondc1440 broocha1464 surmounterc1500 sovereign?a1513 primrose peerless1523 superlative1577 transcendent1593 Arabian birda1616 crack1637 first rate1681 peach1710 phoenicle1711 admiration1717 spanker1751 first-raterc1760 no slouch of1767 nailer1806 tip-topper1822 ripper1825 ripstaver1828 apotheosis1832 clinker1836 clipper1836 bird1839 keener1839 ripsnorter1840 beater1845 firecracker1845 pumpkin1845 screamer1846 stunner1847 bottler1855 beaut1866 bobby-dazzler1866 one out of the box1867 stem-winder1875 corker1877 trimmer1878 hot stuff1884 daisy1886 jim-dandy1887 cracker1891 jim-hickey1895 peacherino1896 pippin1897 alpha plus1898 peacherine1900 pip1900 humdinger1905 bosker1906 hummer1907 good egg1914 superstar1914 the berries1918 bee's knee1923 the cat's whiskers1923 smash1923 smash hit1923 brahma1925 dilly1935 piss-cutter1935 killer1937 killer-diller1938 a hard act to follow1942 peacheroo1942 bitch1946 brammerc1950 hot shit1960 Tiffany1973 bollocks1981 the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > [noun] > one who or that which is successful > that which is successful > great or sensational trophy?a1450 triumph1735 succès fou1859 sensation1860 home run1913 whizz-bang1916 wow1920 smash1923 smash hit1923 wham1923 smasheroo1948 1923 Variety 11 Oct. 16 (heading) ‘Rosie O'Reilly’ and ‘The Fool’, Loop's Two Smash Hits. 1930 Times Lit. Suppl. 16 Oct. 841/1 An entirely strange girl; whom anyone would have admitted to be a ‘smash’. 1931 Daily Express 21 Sept. 9/3 The magnates who had contracted to buy the picture indulged in fits of doubt concerning its prospects as a box-office ‘smash’. 1935 Amer. Speech 10 193/2 Terminology from other fields aids the fashion editor... The sports writer is also responsible for the smash hit dinner dress. 1935 P. G. Wodehouse Blandings Castle xii. 305 Our whole programme is built around it. We are relying on it to be our big smash. 1948 W. S. Maugham Colonel's Lady in Quartet 201 The English publisher said to him: ‘We've not had a success like this with a book of verse for twenty years.’.. The American publisher said to him: ‘It's swell. It'll be a smash hit in America.’ 1949 R. Chandler Let. 23 Apr. in Sel. Lett. (1981) 174 You can't make me into a smash best seller. 1956 ‘B. Holiday’ & W. Dufty Lady sings Blues xix. 177 Holiday on Broadway was a sellout, and the first performance made us think we had a smash. 1961 Amer. Speech 36 110 It was a smash commercial success. 1969 R. Lowell Notebk. 1967–8 71 Eliot dead, you [sc. Ezra Pound] saying, ‘And who is left to understand my jokes? My old Brother in the acts..and besides, he was a smash of a poet.’ 1973 Black World Apr. 18/2 All smash Broadway musical hits. 1975 D. Francis High Stakes 232 The oddly mixed party proved a smash-hit success. 1978 Times 1 Nov. 13/1 [His] aim..has been to expand a truthful little ethnic comedy into a popular smash. Draft additions 1993 7. A party, esp. one that is noisy or unrestrained. Cf. bash n.1 2(b) and thrash n. 4. North American slang. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > social gathering > party > [noun] > noisy or rowdy bender1846 hooley1877 corroboree1885 wild party1925 whoopee1928 rort1941 wingding1949 blast1953 smash1963 roister1964 rave-in1967 rager1988 1963 Amer. Speech 38 171 [Kansas Univ. slang] A particularly rough and noisy party:..smash. 1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 3 Feb. 3/7 The Liberals are still planning a big party, but now they are thinking in more modest terms... There are two difficulties in the sort of all-out smash originally contemplated. 1977 New Yorker 26 Sept. 38/3 Every spring the Thrales gave a party... They called this decorous event ‘our smash’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2022). smashn.2 slang. 1. a. Counterfeit coin. Also in combination smash-feeder (see quot. 1860). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > false coin > [noun] scruff1559 countera1616 smash1795 shan1815 queer1819 sheen1839 bogus1842 1795 H. T. Potter New Dict. Cant & Flash Smash,..bad coin. 1839 H. Brandon Dict. Flash or Cant Lang. in W. A. Miles Poverty, Mendicity & Crime 165/2 Smashfeeder, a silver spoon. 1860 Slang Dict. 219 Smash~feeder, a Britannia metal spoon,—the best imitation shillings are made from this metal. b. Loose change. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > [noun] > small coins collectively single money1591 small coin1606 change1633 small change1679 grocery1721 smash1821 loose change1827 shrapnel1974 1821 Life D. Haggart 13 M'Guire got L.7 of smash; I got a L.10 banknote. 1953 W. S. Burroughs Junkie ii. 25 Soon I was buying his drinks and meals, and he was hitting me for ‘smash’ (change) at regular intervals. 1953 K. Tennant Joyful Condemned iii. 21 Giving her his smash on pay-night so's she can blow it. 1965 Australasian Post (Melbourne) 4 Mar. 47 Russell goes on to point out that all loose change is sometimes known as ‘smash’. Categories » 2. (See sling v.1 3f.) This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online September 2019). smashv.1 I. transitive. ΚΠ 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Smash, to kick down Stairs. 2. a. To break (anything) in pieces violently; to dash to pieces; to crush, shatter, or shiver. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > break [verb (transitive)] > break to pieces, shatter, or burst to-breakc888 briteOE to-shenec950 abreakOE forgnidea1000 to-brytc1000 to-burstc1000 to-driveOE shiverc1200 to-shiverc1200 to-reavec1225 shiverc1250 debruise1297 to-crack13.. to-frushc1300 to-sliftc1315 chinec1330 littlec1350 dingc1380 bruisea1382 burst1382 rushc1390 shinderc1390 spald?a1400 brittenc1400 pashc1400 forbruise1413 to break, etc. into sherds1426 shattera1450 truncheon1477 scarboyle1502 shonk1508 to-shattera1513 rash1513 shidera1529 grind1535 infringe1543 dishiver1562 rupture1578 splinter1582 tear1582 disshiver1596 upburst1596 to burst up1601 diminish1607 confract1609 to blow (shiver, smash, tear, etc.) to or into atoms1612 dishatter1615 vanquashc1626 beshiver1647 disfrange1778 smash1778 explode1784 bust1806 spell1811 smithereen1878 shard1900 1778 Tailors ii. iii While others shall assault each house of call, Smash all their slates, and plunder every box. 1786 in R. Twining Recr. & Stud. (1882) 139 To have his legs and arms smashed. 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering II. 202 The first person he met was Frank Kennedy, all smashed and gory. 1820 P. B. Shelley Vision of Sea in Prometheus Unbound 180 Some hideous engine whose brazen teeth smash The thin winds and soft waves into thunder. 1851 G. H. Kingsley in Fraser's Mag. Aug. 145/2 The bottle is smashed!—smashed to atoms! 1885 W. T. Hornaday Two Years in Jungle xviii. 198 Nearly every bamboo..had been pulled down and smashed to splinters. b. In imprecations, with or without object expressed. ΚΠ 1819 W. Midford in T. Thompson et al. Coll. Songs Newcastle Dial. 47 Smash! Jemmy, let us buss, we'll off, And see Newcassel Races. 1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Smash, a kind of oath among the pitmen near Newcastle. 1833 M. Scott Tom Cringle's Log I. viii. 221 Smash my eyes, man, but them barrels be full of pimento. 1894 J. T. Clegg David's Loom 181 Smash me! I won't be guilty of bragging. c. Bookbinding. To flatten or compress (the sheets of a book) before binding. ΚΠ a1877 [implied in: E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. III. 2219/2 Smashing-machine (Bookbinding), a press made on the principle of an embossing-press, and used for compressing books. (at smashing-machine n. at smashing n.1 Compounds)]. 3. a. To dash or fling (anything) with noise and violence; to batter; to cause to strike hard. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impelling or driving > impel or drive [verb (transitive)] > so as to hit something > forcibly or violently smitec1300 pashc1390 beswak?a1513 dash1530 smashc1800 slap1836 the world > movement > impelling or driving > projecting through space or throwing > throw [verb (transitive)] > so as to impinge on something > forcibly swapc1374 pashc1390 swackc1425 smashc1800 c1800 The Earl o' Bran' xxviii, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1892) IV. viii. 444/2 An he smashed them doun a' bane by bane. 1822 H. Ainslie Pilgrimage to Land of Burns 200 I reft at the rock.., an wou'd hae geen a warl' to been able to lift it, an smash't it in amang them. 1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin I. viii. 101 If you give me one word out of your head, I'll smash your face in. 1864 S. Wilberforce in R. G. Wilberforce Life S. Wilberforce (1882) III. v. 137 My mare..smashed my head on the gravel. 1872 C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David III. Ps. lviii. 6 It is asked that their grinders may be smashed in, broken off, or dashed out. b. Tennis. To strike (the ball) violently and swiftly in an overhand volley. Also absol. and in Badminton, Squash Rackets, etc. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > [verb (transitive)] > play ball in specific way tossc1530 send1782 place1819 dowf1825 loft1857 belt1870 screw1881 smash1882 English1884 carry1889 slice1890 mishit1903 balloon1904 rainbow1906 rifle1914 tuck1958 stroke1960 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > racket games > lawn tennis > play tennis [verb (transitive)] > strike ball in specific way cut1875 volley1875 smash1882 lob1889 block1895 overhit1919 softball1927 1882 Daily Tel. 18 July 2 W. ‘smashing’ a ball into the net, left the game and sett in his brother's favour by six games to two. 1890 St. Nicholas Sept. 921 He told them..when to ‘smash’ a ball. 1965 Badminton (‘Know the Game’ Ser.) (ed. 2) 31/1 The man should take the shuttle as early as possible, playing drives when the shuttle is too low to smash. 1968 Squash Rackets (‘Know the Game’ Ser.) 43/1 You cannot smash a good high lob as you can at lawn tennis. 1968 Squash Rackets (‘Know the Game’ Ser.) 44/2 A lob that was too high above the player's head has been smashed on to the tin. 4. a. To defeat utterly; to crush completely; to overcome, overwhelm, or destroy. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > victory > make victorious [verb (transitive)] > conquer or overcome overcomeeOE shendc893 awinc1000 overwinOE overheaveOE to lay downa1225 mate?c1225 discomfitc1230 win1297 dauntc1300 cumber1303 scomfit1303 fenkc1320 to bear downc1330 confoundc1330 confusec1330 to do, put arrear1330 oversetc1330 vanquishc1330 conquerc1374 overthrowc1375 oppressc1380 outfighta1382 to put downa1382 discomfortc1384 threshc1384 vencuea1400 depressc1400 venque?1402 ding?a1425 cumrayc1425 to put to (also at, unto) the (also one's) worsec1425 to bring or put to (or unto) utterance1430 distrussc1430 supprisec1440 ascomfita1450 to do stress?c1450 victorya1470 to make (win) a conquest1477 convanquish1483 conquest1485 defeat1485 oversailc1485 conques1488 discomfish1488 fulyie1488 distress1489 overpress1489 cravent1490 utter?1533 to give (a person) the overthrow1536 debel1542 convince1548 foil1548 out-war1548 profligate1548 proflige?c1550 expugnate1568 expugn1570 victor1576 dismay1596 damnify1598 triumph1605 convict1607 overman1609 thrash1609 beat1611 debellate1611 import1624 to cut to (or in) pieces1632 maitrise1636 worst1636 forcea1641 outfight1650 outgeneral1767 to cut up1803 smash1813 slosh1890 ream1918 hammer1948 the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery or superiority over [verb (transitive)] > overcome or defeat > defeat completely or do for overthrowc1375 checkmatea1400 to bring or put to (or unto) utterance1430 distrussc1430 crusha1599 panga1600 to fetch off1600 finish1611 settle?1611 feague1668 rout1676 spiflicate1749 bowl1793 to settle a person's hash1795 dish1798 smash1813 to cook (rarely do) one's goose1835 thunder-smite1875 scuppera1918 to put the bee on1918 stonker1919 to wrap up1922 root1944 banjax1956 marmalize1966 the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > crush, stifle, or overwhelm (feelings, etc.) shendOE whelvec1000 allayOE ofdrunkenc1175 quenchc1175 quashc1275 stanchc1315 quella1325 slockena1340 drenchc1374 vanquishc1380 stuffa1387 daunt?a1400 adauntc1400 to put downa1425 overwhelmc1425 overwhelvec1450 quatc1450 slockc1485 suppressa1500 suffocate1526 quealc1530 to trample under foot1530 repress1532 quail1533 suppress1537 infringe1543 revocate1547 whelm1553 queasom1561 knetcha1564 squench1577 restinguish1579 to keep down1581 trample1583 repel1592 accable1602 crush1610 to wrestle down?1611 chokea1616 stranglea1616 stifle1621 smother1632 overpower1646 resuppress1654 strangulate1665 instranglea1670 to choke back, down, in, out1690 to nip or crush in the bud1746 spiflicate1749 squasha1777 to get under1799 burke1835 to stamp out1851 to trample down1853 quelch1864 to sit upon ——1864 squelch1864 smash1865 garrotte1878 scotch1888 douse1916 to drive under1920 stomp1936 stultify1958 1813 R. Wilson Private Diary (1862) II. 443 It is difficult to smash above one hundred and eighty thousand men resting on fortified bulwarks. 1845 B. Disraeli Sybil III. v. i. 3 I am told..that the police were regularly smashed. 1865 Examiner 18 Mar. 162 Suddenly to set aside the spirit and substance thereof for the purposes..of ‘smashing’ a particular bill is an act of suicidal wrong. 1884 Western Daily Press 28 May 8/5 To join in a British expedition to ‘smash’ the Mahdi. b. To render insolvent or bankrupt. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > insolvency > [verb (transitive)] > bankrupt craze1573 break1623 bankrupt?a1625 burst1712 to strike a docket1809 bust1827 smash1857 1857 G. Borrow Romany Rye II. x. 136 My father did his best to smash the Bank of England by passing forged notes, and I did my best to assist him. 1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table ix Folks rich once,—smashed up. II. intransitive. 5. To move rapidly with shattering effect; to dash or smite violently; to crash. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > impinge [verb (intransitive)] > forcibly or violently beatc885 pilta1200 smitec1300 dashc1305 pitchc1325 dushc1400 hitc1400 jouncec1440 hurl1470 swack1488 knock1530 jut1548 squat1587 bump1699 jowl1770 smash1835 lasha1851 ding1874 biff1904 wham1948 slam1973 the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > move swiftly in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > move swiftly and violently driveeOE fallOE reseOE routOE rashOE swip?c1225 weothec1275 startlec1300 lushc1330 swapc1386 brusha1400 spurna1400 buschc1400 frushc1400 rushc1405 rushle1553 rouse1582 hurl1609 powder1632 slash1689 stave1819 tilt1831 bulge1834 smash1835 storm1837 stream1847 ripsnort1932 slam1973 1835 J. Monteath Dunblane Trad. (1887) 122 Headlong he over hillocks rush'd, And wet through bogs and mosses smash'd. 1842 S. Lover Handy Andy xviii You may smash away as hard as you can. 1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin II. xxxv. 217 Picking up the silver dollar, he sent it smashing through the window-pane, out into the darkness. 1898 W. Crookes Addr. Brit. Assoc. 25 The quick moving molecules, smashing on to the surface, have their energy reduced. 6. colloquial. To fail financially; to be ruined; to become insolvent or bankrupt. Also with up. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > financial loss > suffer financial loss [verb (intransitive)] > fail financially fail1682 smash1839 1839 T. Hood My Son & Heir xix A Glazier?—what if he should smash! 1862 G. A. Sala Seven Sons Mammon III. vii. 142 A firm that had smashed for so tremendous an amount. 1876 W. Besant & J. Rice Golden Butterfly II. xv. 233 The Republic..cannot hope to pay its dividends—Must smash up, in short. 7. To break or fly in pieces, esp. as the result of a blow or impact. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > break [verb (intransitive)] > shatter or break to pieces or burst to-burstc893 forbursta1000 springOE to-flyc1000 to-shootc1000 to-springc1000 to-drevea1225 to-resea1225 to-breakc1230 to go shiversc1275 to-drivec1275 to-rivec1275 to-shenec1275 to-wendc1275 debruise1297 lash13.. to-dashc1300 to-scatter13.. to-shiver13.. shiverc1330 bequash1377 shinderc1390 brasta1400 bursta1400 to-shiderc1450 to fly in pieces1488 sprent1488 splindera1500 reavec1560 dishiver1562 shatter1567 disshiver1586 split1590 slent1608 besplit1638 disrupt1657 splintera1661 rupture1734 explode1784 to ding in staves1786 to break, knock etc., or go, to smash1798 spell1811 to go (also run) smash1818 to play smash1841 bust1844 splitter1860 disrump1886 to fall into staves1895 smash1904 1904 W. W. Jacobs Dialstone Lane ii. 27 The pipe fell from the listener's fingers and smashed unheeded on the floor. III. Adverbial uses. 8. a. Used adverbially, as in to go (also run) smash. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > [adverb] > in a manner that breaks to pieces shiveringly1631 splintery1784 smash1818 the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > break [verb (intransitive)] > shatter or break to pieces or burst to-burstc893 forbursta1000 springOE to-flyc1000 to-shootc1000 to-springc1000 to-drevea1225 to-resea1225 to-breakc1230 to go shiversc1275 to-drivec1275 to-rivec1275 to-shenec1275 to-wendc1275 debruise1297 lash13.. to-dashc1300 to-scatter13.. to-shiver13.. shiverc1330 bequash1377 shinderc1390 brasta1400 bursta1400 to-shiderc1450 to fly in pieces1488 sprent1488 splindera1500 reavec1560 dishiver1562 shatter1567 disshiver1586 split1590 slent1608 besplit1638 disrupt1657 splintera1661 rupture1734 explode1784 to ding in staves1786 to break, knock etc., or go, to smash1798 spell1811 to go (also run) smash1818 to play smash1841 bust1844 splitter1860 disrump1886 to fall into staves1895 smash1904 1818 T. Moore Fudge Family in Paris viii. 2 My stays..I knew would go smash with me one of these days. 1823 Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1824) 204 The last went smash through the shop window into the street. 1842 S. Lover Handy Andy vi Here the hens flew against the dresser, and smash went the plates and dishes. 1849 T. T. Johnson Sights Gold Region xxii. 211 The afternoon of our ‘first day out’ was signalized by running smash into a big sycamore tree. 1888 S. Veitch Dean's Daughter I. i. 25 I saw the great egg go smash against her head. b. to play smash: to come to grief; to wreak havoc with. dialect and U.S. colloquial. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > become disordered [verb (intransitive)] > cause disorder to make havoc1480 to play the devil (also the very devil, the devil and all)1542 to play the dickens1771 to work havoca1774 to play smash1841 to play havoc1910 the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > break [verb (intransitive)] > shatter or break to pieces or burst to-burstc893 forbursta1000 springOE to-flyc1000 to-shootc1000 to-springc1000 to-drevea1225 to-resea1225 to-breakc1230 to go shiversc1275 to-drivec1275 to-rivec1275 to-shenec1275 to-wendc1275 debruise1297 lash13.. to-dashc1300 to-scatter13.. to-shiver13.. shiverc1330 bequash1377 shinderc1390 brasta1400 bursta1400 to-shiderc1450 to fly in pieces1488 sprent1488 splindera1500 reavec1560 dishiver1562 shatter1567 disshiver1586 split1590 slent1608 besplit1638 disrupt1657 splintera1661 rupture1734 explode1784 to ding in staves1786 to break, knock etc., or go, to smash1798 spell1811 to go (also run) smash1818 to play smash1841 bust1844 splitter1860 disrump1886 to fall into staves1895 smash1904 the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > fail or be unsuccessful [verb (intransitive)] > come to grief misfareOE miswendOE misferec1275 misspeeda1387 miscarryc1387 mischieve?a1400 to catch copper1530 to lose one's seatc1540 mischief1598 to bu(r)st one's boiler1824 to come to grief1850 to come (also go) a mucker1851 to come (fall, get) a cropper1858 mucker1862 to go or be up the flume1865 to come undone1899 to play smash1903 to come to a sticky end1904 to come unstuck1911 1841 Spirit of Times 2 Jan. 523/2 Bill Spence got drunk and played smash with all the arrangements. 1842 D. Vedder Poems 84 Slates an' tiles, frae aff the houses, On the causey crown played smash. 1887 Courier-Jrnl. (Louisville, Kentucky) 17 Jan. 1/7 (caption) Plays Smash With a Passenger Train on the Fitchburg Railroad. 1903 W. N. Harben Abner Daniel ii. 11 Yore pa's as bull~headed as a young steer, an' he's already played smash anyway. 1912 Dial. Notes 3 585 Play smash,..a euphemism for play hell or play the devil. 1915 Dial. Notes 4 iii. 187 Play smash,..to make a great blunder; do a thing wholly wrong. Draft additions June 2015 transitive. colloquial (originally U.S.). Usually in to smash it. In earliest use: to do extremely well at (an examination subject) (rare). Subsequently: to do or perform (something, esp. popular music) impressively or conclusively. Cf. kill v. Additions. ΚΠ 1968 C. F. Baker et al. College Undergraduate Slang Study (typescript, Brown Univ.) Lexicon 199 Smash it, to do well in an examination. 1994 Generator Dec. 62/2 In Toronto CJ Rap, Jack Frost, and Kenny Ken are smashing it to audiences of 4,000–5,000. 1997 ‘Q’ Deadmeat 246 The drum 'n' bass fever Mark was spreading was raw, British and personal. He was smashing it. I nodded my head to the brutal groove. 2006 Touch Dec. 1110/3 Everybody should be checking out..the Bacardi B-Live room, which always smashes it year in, year out. 2014 Liverpool Echo (Nexis) 3 Nov. 11 All four judges agreed that she smashed the dance with Louis calling it ‘one of the most amazing things I've ever seen on X Factor’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). smashv.2 Cant. 1. transitive. To pass (counterfeit money). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > circulation of money > put into circulation [verb (transitive)] > pass counterfeits to give (one) the slip1567 output1576 to nail up for a slip1594 spring1686 smash1801 shove1859 drop1938 1801 Sporting Mag. 19 88/1 He had never seen any [forged notes] that were better done; he had smashed several. 1811 Lexicon Balatronicum 1851 Househ. Words 25 Jan. 423 I [a bad shilling] remained to be ‘smashed’ (passed) by my master. 1898 A. M. Binstead Pink 'Un & Pelican x. 229 The small tradesman, afraid to smash his notes at a bureau, had them still intact when the police called upon him. 1905 A. M. Binstead Mop Fair ii. 28 The imaginary ‘bailiff’ who spoke about the handcuffs is well known in the neighbourhood..while the counterfeit ‘tipstaff’ who smashed the cheque is a dog-fighting publican. 2. (See quot. 1819.) ΚΠ 1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. 207 To smash a guinea, note, or other money, is, in a common sense, to procure, or give, change for it. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < |
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