bully, bang-up, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad, peachy, slap-up, swell, smashing, old
(adjective) very good; “he did a bully job”; “a neat sports car”; “had a great time at the party”; “you look simply smashing”; “we had a grand old time”
smashing, shattering
(noun) the act of breaking something into small pieces
Source: WordNet® 3.1
smashing (comparative more smashing, superlative most smashing)
Serving to smash (something).
(originally, US, now, British and Irish, slightly, dated) Wonderful, very good or impressive.
smashing (plural smashings)
Gerund: The action of the verb to smash.
smashing
present participle of smash
• mashings, shamings
Source: Wiktionary
Smash, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Smashed (; p. pr. & vb. n. Smashing.] Etym: [Cf. Sw. smisk a blow, stroke, smiska to strike, dial. Sw. smaske to kiss with a noise, and E. smack a loud kiss, a slap.]
Definition: To break in pieces by violence; to dash to pieces; to crush. Here everything is broken and smashed to pieces. Burke.
Smash, v. i.
Definition: To break up, or to pieces suddenly, as the result of collision or pressure.
Smash, n.
1. A breaking or dashing to pieces; utter destruction; wreck.
2. Hence, bankruptcy. [Colloq.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 April 2025
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
