"smash hit" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-smash hit.ogg Forms: smash hits [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} smash hit (plural smash hits)
  1. (idiomatic) Something that is tremendously popular or successful. Tags: idiomatic Translations (something tremendously successful): bomba [feminine] (Czech), jättimenestys (Finnish), jymymenestys (Finnish), Bombenerfolg [masculine] (German), bombasiker (Hungarian)

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      "sense": "something tremendously successful",
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