smashing — ozdic

Collocations

5

ADJ.

female, full, many, multiple, nervous, pretty, sure

VERB + SMASHING

accompanied, caught, connect, couple, delivered, followed, look, thought

SMASHING + NOUN

bathroom, bucket, co-workers, crockery, dudes, employees, girl, girls

PREP.

about, in, in, on

ADV.

already, then

Definitions

adj

1

Serving to smash (something).

The boxer delivered a smashing blow to his opponent's head.

2

Wonderful, very good or impressive.

We had a smashing time at the zoo.

Um, the reason for this call is because I haven’t told you for seven hours that I love you, which is a scandal! And even if we weren’t getting married tomorrow, I’d ask you to marry me anyway. Yes I would, because you are smashing!

noun

1

The breaking or destruction of (something brittle) in a violent manner.

Some Greek dance is traditionally accompanied by the smashing of crockery.

Incoherency had overtaken his speech, but he was unaware of it. Nor did he connect the smashing of a bottle with the generous curve of his transit.

2

The destruction or disintegration of something by being smashed.

3

The hitting of something extremely hard.

4

The complete and sudden ruin or ruination of something.

5

An overwhelming victory or success.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the act of breaking something into small pieces

shattering

adjective — very good

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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01

The boxer delivered a smashing blow to his opponent's head.

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02

We had a smashing time at the zoo.

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03

Um, the reason for this call is because I haven’t told you for seven hours that I love you, which is a scandal! And even if we weren’t getting married tomorrow, I’d ask you to marry me anyway. Yes I w

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04

Some Greek dance is traditionally accompanied by the smashing of crockery.

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05

Incoherency had overtaken his speech, but he was unaware of it. Nor did he connect the smashing of a bottle with the generous curve of his transit.

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06

As soon as this danger was appreciated there followed a nervous smashing and chopping of triffids everywhere, until it occurred to someone that all that was necessary to make them harmless was the rem

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, smashing is marked as informal, British, idiomatic. Watch for register when choosing this word.