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▪ I. smashing, vbl. n.1|ˈsmæʃɪŋ|
[f. smash v.1]
1. The action of smash v.1 in various senses.
1821Galt Ann. Parish xxii, There was such a smashing of the poor weans, as had not been known for an age. 1842De Quincey Marquess Wellesley Wks. 1858 VIII. 28 The last great political act of Lord Wellesley was the smashing of the Peel ministry in 1834. 1886Law Times LXXX. 285/1 Mere smashing of windows was held not to be a felonious demolition. 1902‘Linesman’ Words Eyewitness 285 That they..endure smashing after smashing, is..as admirable as it is marvellous.
2. attrib., as smashing branch, smashing capacity, smashing power; smashing-machine, a heavy press used by bookbinders (Knight Dict. Mech. 1875); smashing-press, an embossing-press (Ibid. Suppl. 1884).
1849Punch XVII. 214 A Bankrupt..to superintend the smashing branch. 1889Pall Mall G. 19 Feb. 2/3 The smashing capacity even of a lion is..limited. 1892Greener Breech-Loader 152 The increased range and smashing power of the large shot.
▪ II. ˈsmashing, vbl. n.2
[f. smash v.2]
(See quot. 1812.)
1812J. H. Vaux Flash Dict., Smashing, uttering counterfeit money; smashing of queer screens, signifies uttering forged bank notes. 1891M. Williams Later Leaves xii. 144 When once a man commences smashing or passing, he never gives up the practice.
▪ III. smashing, ppl. a.1|ˈsmæʃɪŋ|
[f. smash v.1]
1. That smashes, in various senses.
1833M. Scott Tom Cringle i, A heavy smashing thump against our bows. 1841Lever C. O'Malley xcii, A smashing volley was poured into the squadron. 1853W. Irving Life & Lett. (1864) IV. 124 Thackeray..said the Bostonians had published a smashing criticism on him. 1884Pall Mall G. 23 Oct. 1/2 [To] deal them a smashing blow by an appeal to the country.
2. colloq. Very good; greatly pleasing; excellent; sensational.
a1911D. G. Phillips Susan Lenox (1917) II. vi. 164 When you get dressed up a bit..you'll do a smashing business. 1914W. Owen Let. 27 Dec. (1967) 310, I come in hungry to find a ‘smashin’ dinner. 1922[see crack n. 1 d]. 1944M. Paneth Branch Street 8 When the children came..to play in the house they thought it ‘smashing’. 1948Mind LVII. 418 The fact is, the verification principle is a metaphysical proposition—a ‘smashing’ one if I may be permitted the expression. 1959Times Lit. Suppl. 2 Oct. 564/2 It is not her fault that the publishers, in big letters on the jacket, promise ‘as smashing a last sentence as we can recall!’ That promise is not fulfilled. The final twist is surprisingly unsurprising. 1977Chem. in Brit. XIII. 118/2 This is a smashing book for anyone interested in surface chemistry and physics to have available on his bookshelf.
Hence ˈsmashingly adv., in a smashing manner.
1884Pall Mall G. 19 Mar. 2/1 A man..who is too keen to pause unless he is hit smashingly. 1923Daily Mail 8 Sept. 6/6 Her volleying is splendid, And smashingly she serves. 1956‘C. Blackstock’ Dewey Death iv. 75 He was so smashingly handsome. 1970Daily Tel. 21 July 13/4 The Férand evening midis of white organdie, smashingly printed with swirls of grey and cocoa.
▪ IV. ˈsmashing, ppl. a.2
[f. smash v.2]
a. Counterfeit, forged.
b. Engaged in ‘smashing’.
1857Borrow Romany Rye xli, My father had paid for the horses with his smashing notes. 1899Pall Mall G. 15 May 7/3, 98 per cent. of the ‘smashing’ fraternity make silver and not gold money. |