Hypertext Webster Gateway: "smashing"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.]
To break in pieces by violence; to dash to pieces; to crush.
Here everything is broken and smashed to pieces.
--Burke.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
smashing
adj : (informal) very good; "a bully pulpit"; "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}]
n : the act of breaking something into small pieces [syn: {shattering}]
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