smash

smash
{{11}}smash (n.) 1839, "failure, financial collapse," from SMASH (Cf. smash) (v.). Tennis sense is from 1882. Meaning "great success" is from 1923 ("Variety" headline, Oct. 16, in ref. to Broadway productions of "The Fool" and "The Rise of Rosie O'Reilly").
{{12}}smash (v.) 1778, "break to pieces," earlier "kick downstairs" (c.1700), probably of imitative origin (Cf. SMACK (Cf. smack), MASH (Cf. mash)). Smashed "drunk" is slang from 1962. Smash-up "collision" is recorded from 1856; smash-and-grab is first attested 1927. Smashing "pleasing, sensational" is from 1911.

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  • smash — [ sma(t)ʃ ] n. m. • 1893; mot angl. « coup violent, qui écrase » ♦ Anglic. Au tennis, Coup violent frappé de haut en bas, qui écrase la balle au sol et la fait rebondir hors de la portée de l adversaire. Faire un smash. ⇒ smasher. Coup semblable …   Encyclopédie Universelle

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  • Smash — 〈[ smæ̣ʃ] m. 6; Sp.; bes. Tennis〉 Schmetterball [engl., smash „(zer)schmettern“] * * * Smash [smæʃ], der; [s], s [engl. smash, zu: to smash = (zer)schmettern] (bes. Tennis, Badminton): Schmetterschlag, ball. * * * Smash …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Smash — steht für: den Schmetterball im Sport (Tennis, Tischtennis, Badminton, Volleyball), (von englisch: to smash = zerschmettern) ein nur knapp über dem Netz sehr schneller (geschmetterter) Ball, der für den Spielgegner schwer abzuwehren ist Smash Hit …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • smash — smash·able; smash·ery; smash; smash·er; smash·ing·ly; …   English syllables

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