"smash-mouth" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more smash-mouth [comparative], most smash-mouth [superlative]
Etymology: Originating in American football. Head templates: {{en-adj}} smash-mouth (comparative more smash-mouth, superlative most smash-mouth)
  1. Violent; aggressive; vigorous. Synonyms: smashmouth
    Sense id: en-smash-mouth-en-adj-51GPGsF4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "ref": "1984, Newsweek",
          "text": "Wacker says his team, the Horned Frogs, plays \"smash-mouth football.\" He means that his lads are (as less poetic coaches are wont to say) \"physical,\" meaning vigorous.",
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          "ref": "1986, TIME",
          "text": "Penn State quickly scored the first touchdown against Oklahoma, showing roughly what Switzer meant when he called State \"a physical, smash-mouth type of ball club\" that \"splatters you.\"",
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        {
          "ref": "2017, Jeff Flake, Conscience of a Conservative, page 15",
          "text": "For the record, I was not at all angry. I did want to talk about what conservatives stand for beyond the smashmouth politics that sometimes dominates campaigns.",
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