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smashing

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smash·ing  (smshng)
adj.
1. Serving to smash: a smashing blow to the head.
2. Informal Extraordinarily impressive or fine; wonderful: a smashing success.
smashing·ly adv.
smashing
Adjective
Informal, chiefly Brit excellent or first-rate
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.smashingsmashing - the act of breaking something into small pieces
shattering
breaking, breakage, break - the act of breaking something; "the breakage was unavoidable"
Adj.1.smashing - very good; "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing"
bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, nifty, not bad, peachy, slap-up, swell, groovy, keen, great, neat
colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
good - having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified; "good news from the hospital"; "a good report card"; "when she was good she was very very good"; "a good knife is one good for cutting"; "this stump will make a good picnic table"; "a good check"; "a good joke"; "a good exterior paint"; "a good secretary"; "a good dress for the office"
smashing
adjective (Informal), chiefly Brit. excellent, mean (slang) great (informal) wonderful, topping Brit. (slang) brilliant (informal) cracking Brit. (informal) crucial (slang) superb, fantastic (informal) magnificent, fabulous (informal) first-class, marvellous, terrific (informal) sensational (informal) mega (slang) sovereign, awesome (slang) world-class, exhilarating, fab (informal), chiefly Brit. super (informal) first-rate, def (slang) superlative, brill (informal) stupendous, out of this world (informal) bodacious (slang), chiefly U.S. boffo (slang) jim-dandy (slang) chillin' U.S. (slang) booshit Austral. (slang) exo Austral. (slang) sik Austral. (slang) rad (informal) phat (slang) schmick Austral. (informal) << OPPOSITE awful
Translations
smashing [ˈsmæʃɪŋ] adj (col) → cojonudo
smashing [ˈsmæʃɪŋ] smash adj (inf) → formidable
smashing [ˈsmæʃɪŋ] smash (inf) adj → super, toll
smashing [ˈsmæʃɪŋ] adj (col) → favoloso/a, formidabile


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Then, with a whistling note that rose above the droning of the pit, the beam swung close over their heads, lighting the tops of the beech trees that line the road, and splitting the bricks, smashing the windows, firing the window frames, and bring- ing down in crumbling ruin a portion of the gable of the house nearest the corner.
The War Of The Worlds by Wells, H.G. View in context
to teach them what war is, to inform them that we employ our time chiefly in devouring each other, in smashing arms and legs, and that too on a globe which is capable of supporting a hundred billions of inhabitants, and which actually does contain nearly two hundred millions?
From The Earth To The Moon by Verne, Jules View in context
We had hardly time to draw a breath of relief before the other rock fell with a mighty crash right in the midst of our luckless vessel, smashing it into a thousand fragments, and crushing, or hurling into the sea, passengers and crew.
The Arabian Nights by Lang, Andrew View in context
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