'Smashing' definitions:
Definition of 'smashing'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Very good; "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing" [syn: bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad(p), peachy, slap-up, swell, smashing]
noun
The act of breaking something into small pieces [syn: smashing, shattering]
Definition of 'Smashing'
From: GCIDE
- 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.]
- 1. To break in pieces by violence; to dash to pieces; to crush. [1913 Webster]
- Here everything is broken and smashed to pieces. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Lawn Tennis) To hit (the ball) from above the level of the net with a very hard overhand stroke. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]