n.
Function: noun
1
Synonyms: BLOW 1, bang, bash, bastinado, slam, sock, wallop, ||welt, whack, whop
2
Synonyms: BANG 2, blast, boom, burst, clap, crack, crash, slam, wham
3
Synonyms: IMPACT 1, bump, clash, collision, crash, jar, jolt, percussion, shock, wallop
4
Synonyms: CRASH 3, crack-up, pileup, ||prang, smashup, ||stramash, wreck
5
Synonyms: COLLAPSE 2, breakdown, crack-up, crash, debacle, smashup, wreck
6 a striking success FF1C; the new musical was a box-office smash FF1E;
Synonyms: bang, bell ringer, hit, succès fou, ten-strike, wow
Related Words: sensation; knockout
Idioms: howling ( or roaring) success, smash hit
Contrasted Words: disaster, dud, failure
Antonyms: flop