smash

smash is on the Basic English 850 List.

small - smash - smell

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /smæʃ/

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Verb

Plain form smash

Third-person singular smashes

Past tense smashed

Past participle smashed

Present participle smashing

1. (transitive & intransitive) If you smash something, you break it into many small parts.

   He used a hammer to smash the glass of the window.

Noun

Singular smash

Plural smashes

1. (countable) A smash is a new and very successful book, movie, song, etc.
2. (countable) The sound of something smashing.

   The loud smash made them feel fear, but it was only some plates falling.

Related words

• smashing