"smashing" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈsmæʃɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-smashing.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more smashing [comparative], most smashing [superlative]
Rhymes: -æʃɪŋ Etymology: From smash + -ing. As a synonym for wonderful, the term first appeared in early 20th-century USA, and possibly derives from the sense of smash used in smash hit and similar terms. Popular folk etymology connects the term to the broadly homophonous Irish is maith sin or Scottish Gaelic 's math sin ("that is good"), but this has been described as "improbable", and does not appear in the etymological dictionaries. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|smash|ing}} smash + -ing, {{m|en|wonderful}} wonderful, {{m|en|smash}} smash, {{m|en|smash hit}} smash hit, {{cog|ga|is}} Irish is, {{m|ga|maith}} maith, {{m|ga|sin}} sin, {{cog|gd|'s}} Scottish Gaelic 's, {{m|gd|math}} math, {{m|gd|sin}} sin Head templates: {{en-adj}} smashing (comparative more smashing, superlative most smashing)
  1. Serving to smash (something). Translations (serving to smash): съкрушителен (sǎkrušitelen) (Bulgarian)
    Sense id: en-smashing-en-adj-y6lHM2Wc Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ing Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 13 41 9 37 Disambiguation of 'serving to smash': 90 10
  2. (originally US, now British and Ireland) Wonderful, very good or impressive. Translations (wonderful): великолепен (velikolepen) (Bulgarian), fed (Danish), indrukwekkend (Dutch), verpletterend (Dutch), sensass [feminine, masculine] (French), super [feminine, masculine] (French), génial [masculine] (French), géniale [feminine] (French), തകർപ്പൻ (takaṟppaṉ) (Malayalam), excelente (Spanish), maravilloso (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-smashing-en-adj-W65yw-Uf Categories (other): American English, British English, Irish English, English terms suffixed with -ing Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 13 41 9 37 Disambiguation of 'wonderful': 0 100

Noun

IPA: /ˈsmæʃɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-smashing.wav [Southern-England] Forms: smashings [plural]
Rhymes: -æʃɪŋ Etymology: From smash + -ing. As a synonym for wonderful, the term first appeared in early 20th-century USA, and possibly derives from the sense of smash used in smash hit and similar terms. Popular folk etymology connects the term to the broadly homophonous Irish is maith sin or Scottish Gaelic 's math sin ("that is good"), but this has been described as "improbable", and does not appear in the etymological dictionaries. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|smash|ing}} smash + -ing, {{m|en|wonderful}} wonderful, {{m|en|smash}} smash, {{m|en|smash hit}} smash hit, {{cog|ga|is}} Irish is, {{m|ga|maith}} maith, {{m|ga|sin}} sin, {{cog|gd|'s}} Scottish Gaelic 's, {{m|gd|math}} math, {{m|gd|sin}} sin Head templates: {{en-noun}} smashing (plural smashings)
  1. Gerund: The action of the verb to smash. Derived forms: stack smashing
    Sense id: en-smashing-en-noun-TkN3UfCa

Verb

IPA: /ˈsmæʃɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-smashing.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -æʃɪŋ Etymology: From smash + -ing. As a synonym for wonderful, the term first appeared in early 20th-century USA, and possibly derives from the sense of smash used in smash hit and similar terms. Popular folk etymology connects the term to the broadly homophonous Irish is maith sin or Scottish Gaelic 's math sin ("that is good"), but this has been described as "improbable", and does not appear in the etymological dictionaries. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|smash|ing}} smash + -ing, {{m|en|wonderful}} wonderful, {{m|en|smash}} smash, {{m|en|smash hit}} smash hit, {{cog|ga|is}} Irish is, {{m|ga|maith}} maith, {{m|ga|sin}} sin, {{cog|gd|'s}} Scottish Gaelic 's, {{m|gd|math}} math, {{m|gd|sin}} sin Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} smashing
  1. present participle and gerund of smash Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: smash
    Sense id: en-smashing-en-verb-qyysDL-0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 33 8 47 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 13 41 9 37

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "съкрушителен"
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      "sense": "wonderful",
      "word": "великолепен"
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "wonderful",
      "word": "fed"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "wonderful",
      "word": "indrukwekkend"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "wonderful",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "takaṟppaṉ",
      "sense": "wonderful",
      "word": "തകർപ്പൻ"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "wonderful",
      "word": "excelente"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
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      "word": "maravilloso"
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}

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      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
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