Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: smash
IPA transcription: [sm'æʃ]
Pronunciations of smash
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: knock, bash, bang, smash, belt
    Meaning: a vigorous blow; "the sudden knock floored him"; "he took a bash right in his face"; "he got a bang on the head"
r meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: smash, smashingly
    Meaning: with a loud crash; "the car went smash through the fence"
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: smash, nail, boom, blast
    Meaning: hit hard; "He smashed a 3-run homer"
  • Synonyms: smash, dash
    Meaning: break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over; "Smash a plate"
Usage examples
  • Hand it over, or I'll smash you!"
  • "With that I can quite easily smash your skull.
  • He shoves his old nose right through the smash in the pane, and wags his old head at me like a chattering magpie.
  • A rapid-fire impression of a glove fight, a spine-shaking word picture of a railway smash, or something on those lines, would be welcomed.
  • "Tode had got the dials pointing to the fifth dimension--eternity, he called it, though actually I believe it's nothing more than annihilation, a grand smash.
  • He played the deuce with us in Kentucky last winter: burned the railroad bridge over Bacon Creek, captured trains, tore up the railroad, and played smash generally.
  • Just as Mr. Allan had finished returning thanks there arose a strange, ominous sound on the stairs, as of some hard, heavy object bounding from step to step, finishing up with a grand smash at the bottom.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Julie Brown, License CC BY-SA 4.0