smashes

Noun

smash (countable and uncountable, plural smashes)

1. The sound of a violent impact; a violent striking together.
   • I could hear the screech of the brakes, then the horrible smash of cars colliding.

   Synonyms:

   crash

2. (Ireland, UK, colloquial) A traffic collision.
   • The driver and two passengers were badly injured in the smash.

   Synonyms:

   crash

3. (colloquial) Something very successful or popular (as music, food, fashion, etc).
   • This new show is sure to be a smash.

   Synonyms:

   hit, smash hit

4. A very hard overhead shot hit sharply downward.
   • A smash may not be as pretty as a good half volley, but it can still win points.
5. (archaic, colloquial) A bankruptcy.
   • Supposing a man has for the space of a month carried on trade in a showy shop in Cheapside, and then comes a smash, — is he not to be held a trader within the bankrupt law, because no one can swear that he has traded for four months?1845, Basil Montagu, Edward Erastus Deacon, John Peter De Gex, Reports of Cases in Bankruptcy
6. (archaic, colloquial) A disaster; a bad situation.
   • “There’s nowhere else to go to now, for the people at the Cripples are all in custody, and the bar of the ken—I went up there and see it with my own eyes—is filled with traps.”
     “This is a smash,” observed Toby, biting his lips. “There’s more than one will go with this.”1838, Boz [pseudonym; Charles Dickens], Oliver Twist; […], volume (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), London: Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC

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