I. smash 1 /smæʃ/ BrE AmE verb
[ Date: 1600-1700 ; Origin: Perhaps from smack + mash ]
1 . [intransitive and transitive] to break into pieces violently or noisily, or to make something do this by dropping, throwing, or hitting it:
Vandals had smashed all the windows.
Firemen had to smash the lock to get in.
Several cups fell to the floor and smashed to pieces.
2 . [intransitive, transitive always + adverb/preposition] to hit an object or surface violently, or to make something do this:
A stolen car smashed into the bus.
He smashed his fist down on the table.
3 . smash a record to do something much faster, better etc than anyone has done before:
The film smashed all box office records.
4 . [transitive] to destroy something such as a political system or criminal organization:
Police say they have smashed a major crime ring.
5 . [transitive] to hit a high ball with a strong downward action, in tennis or similar games
smash something ↔ down phrasal verb
to hit a door, wall etc violently so that it falls to the ground
smash something ↔ in phrasal verb
to hit something so violently that you break it and make a hole in it:
The door had been smashed in.
smash sb’s face/head in (=hit someone hard in the face or head)
I’ll smash his head in if he comes here again!
smash something ↔ up phrasal verb
to deliberately destroy something by hitting it:
Hooligans started smashing the place up.
II. smash 2 BrE AmE noun
1 . [countable] British English a serious road or railway accident – used especially in newspapers SYN crash :
Young boy hurt in car smash.
2 . [countable] ( also smash hit ) a new film, song etc which is very successful:
a box-office smash (=a film which many people go to see at the cinema)
3 . [countable] a hard downward shot in tennis or similar games
4 . [singular] the loud sound of something breaking
smash of
He heard the smash of glass.