Definition of: smash

(smash) v.t.
1. To break in many pieces suddenly, as by a blow, pressure, or collision.
2. To flatten; crush: to smash a hat.
3. To dash or fling violently so as to crush or break in pieces.
4. To strike with a sudden blow.
5. To make bankrupt.
6. To destroy, as a theory.
7. In tennis, to strike (the ball) with a hard, swift, overhand stroke.
—v.i.
8. To go bankrupt; fail, as a business, etc.
9. To move or be moved with force; come into violent contact so as to crush or be crushed; collide; dash: The boats smashed together. See synonyms under BREAK.
—to go to smash Colloq. To be ruined; fail.
—noun
1. An act or instance of smashing, or the state of being smashed: often compounded with up: a smash–up on a railroad.
2. Any disaster or sudden break–up of any kind: a smash in business.
3. A beverage of spirituous liquors, usually brandy, with mint, water, sugar, and ice.
4. In tennis, a strong overhand shot.
5. Colloq. Something acclaimed by the public: The film is a box–office smash. [Prob. imit.]
—smash′er noun