SMASHER

hit, smash, smasher, strike, bang

(noun) a conspicuous success; “that song was his first hit and marked the beginning of his career”; “that new Broadway show is a real smasher”; “the party went with a bang”

smasher, stunner, knockout, beauty, ravisher, sweetheart, peach, lulu, looker, mantrap, dish

(noun) a very attractive or seductive looking woman

smasher

(noun) a person who smashes something

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

smasher (countable and uncountable, plural smashers)

Something that, or someone who, smashes.

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

(slang) An attractive person (see also smashing).

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

(UK, slang, obsolete) One who passes counterfeit coins.

(UK, lang, obsolete) The counterfeit money itself.

Anagrams

• Harmses, marshes, mashers, shamers, shmears

Source: Wiktionary


Smash"er, n.

1. One who, or that which, smashes or breaks things to pieces.

2. Anything very large or extraordinary. [Slang]

3. One who passes counterfeit coin. [Cant, Eng.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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