Meaning

6 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)Something that, or someone who, smashes.

    a person who smashes something

  2. Something that, or someone who, smashes.

    (countable, historical, uncountable)A person employed to break up waste rock.

  3. (countable, slang, uncountable)An attractive person (see also smashing).

  4. (countable, dated, slang, uncountable)Anything very large or extraordinary; a whopper.

  5. (UK, countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable)One who passes counterfeit money.

  6. (UK, countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable)The counterfeit money itself.

Examples

3 sentences
  1. Particle accelerators are also known as atom smashers.

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  2. A volleyball player must be a good smasher.

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  3. She's a smasher.

    deSie ist große Klasse.

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Origin

From smash + -er.

From smash + -er.

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Forms

plural: smashers
Singularsmasher
Pluralsmashers

regular

Synonyms

14 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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