smash-mouthn.adj.
/ˈsmaʃmaʊθ/, U.S. /ˈsmæʃˌmaʊθ/ U.S. colloquial.
A. n.
1. Passionate kissing. rare.
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the mind > emotion > love > kiss > [noun] > action of kissing
kissinga1300
bassing1546
lip-labour1582
bussing1583
smouching1583
slavering1607
lip-work1631
suaviation1656
deosculation1658
osculation1658
bussa1721
basiation1879
kissage1886
mugging1890
oscularity1926
snogging1945
smash-mouth1965
1965 Wisconsin State Jrnl. 17 Jan. 2/6 This [sc. the term ‘making out’] gave way among the cute set to ‘kissy face’ a few years ago, but today's students are calling it ‘smash mouth’.
2. American Football. A forcefully aggressive or confrontational style of play, spec. a style of attack that relies on running the ball rather than on passing.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > American football > [noun] > actions or manoeuvres
rush1857
punt-out1861
goal-kicking1871
safety1879
safety touchdown1879
scrimmage1880
rushing1882
safety touch1884
touchback1884
forward pass1890
run1890
blocking1891
signal1891
fake1893
onside kick1895
tandem-play1895
pass play1896
spiral1896
shift1901
end run1902
straight-arm1903
quarterback sneak1904
runback1905
roughing1906
Minnesota shift1910
quarterbacking1910
snap-back1910
pickoff1912
punt return1914
screen forward pass1915
screen pass1920
power play1921
sneak1921
passback1922
snap1922
defence1923
reverse1924
carry1927
lateral1927
stiff-arm1927
zone1927
zone defence1927
submarine charge1928
squib1929
block1931
pass rushing1933
safetying1933
trap play1933
end-around1934
straight-arming1934
trap1935
mousetrap1936
buttonhook1938
blitzing1940
hand-off1940
pitchout1946
slant1947
strike1947
draw play1948
shovel pass1948
bootleg1949
option1950
red dog1950
red-dogging1951
rollout1951
submarine1952
sleeper pass1954
draw1956
bomb1960
swing pass1960
pass rush1962
blitz1963
spearing1964
onsides kick1965
takeaway1967
quarterback sack1968
smash-mouth1968
veer1968
turn-over1969
bump-and-run1970
scramble1971
sack1972
nose tackle1975
nickel1979
pressure1981
1968 El Paso (Texas) Herald-Post 30 Nov. b2/1 Footballosophy of George Hummer, Arizona State center: ‘The name of the game is smash mouth.’
1975 Provo (Utah) Daily Herald 27 Aug. 9/5 ‘We're still going to throw,’ said coach Arslanian... ‘We're still not strong enough to be able to play smash mouth with people like Texas.’
1994 Denver Post 15 Dec. d10/3 There's no way we are going to win this game playing smash-mouth.
2006 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 20 Nov. vii. 2/2 The Jets came out running... They played some smash-mouth with three running backs rotating.
B. adj. Sport (originally and chiefly American Football).
Characterized by a forcefully aggressive or confrontational style of play. Also in extended use.
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1975 Victoria (Texas) Advocate 14 Sept. 1 b/3 ‘They played good, smash-mouth football,’ Arslanian said.
1988 Washington Informer (Electronic ed.) 24 Feb. 38 The Hoyas' physical style of basketball has led to several smash-mouth spectaculars.
1991 Sports Illustr. 9 Dec. 48/1 Daly..got his first Tour win at the PGA Championship in August with a stunning exhibition of smash-mouth golf.
1999 Star-Ledger (Newark, New Jersey) 1 Nov. 59/3 When two powerful, strong-willed companies are so given to smash-mouth negotiations, it's hard to believe anything fruitful will emerge.
2003 N.Y. Times 9 May (Washington Final ed.) iv. 13/5 The vice president still rules after promoting a smashmouth foreign policy that is more Jack Palance than Shane.
2004 M. St. Amant Committed (2005) v. 51 A fun-and-gun West Coast offense coach can be fired and replaced with a more smashmouth guy.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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