smasher

C2+ Topic:People & Society

US /ˈsmæʃər/ UK /ˈsmæʃə/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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noun
a person or thing that smashes; informally, something impressive

That new song is an absolute smasher.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a person or thing that... stunnerknockoutbeautycorkerwow

Word family

Related forms smash smashing

Etymology

From smash + -er. The verb smash (early 18th century) is of imitative origin, perhaps a blend of smack and mash or dash; the informal sense 'impressive person or thing' is 19th-century British colloquial.

smash Middle English

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Topics

People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives

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# smasher

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈsmæʃər/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈsmæʃə/

## Meanings
1. a person or thing that smashes; informally, something impressive

## Examples
- That new song is an absolute smasher.

## Synonyms
- stunner
- knockout
- beauty
- corker
- wow

## Related Forms
- smash
- smashing

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: smash

## Etymology
From smash + -er. The verb smash (early 18th century) is of imitative origin, perhaps a blend of smack and mash or dash; the informal sense 'impressive person or thing' is 19th-century British colloquial.

## AI Etymology
Smasher comes from smash + -er. The verb smash (early 18th century) is of imitative origin, perhaps a blend of smack and mash or dash; the informal sense 'impressive person or thing' is 19th-century British colloquial. The historical chain includes Middle English smash. Older glosses in the chain include "impressive person or thing", which help explain the semantic range of the modern word. Morphologically, smasher is best read as compound, suffixal formation, and imitative formation, yielding an English noun shaped by both form history and later usage. In current English it functions as a noun, with the sense "a person or thing that smashes; informally, something impressive". related forms include smash and smashing. The result is an English noun whose etymology preserves the older forms while supporting the word's specialized modern meaning.

## Topics
- People & Society
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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