smash-upn.

Forms: Also (U.S.) smashup.

Etymology: < smash n.¹ or smash v.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsmash-up.

a. A complete smash. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > [noun] > breaking into pieces or shattering > state of being shattered or smashed

stramash1827

smashery1830

smash1857

smash-up1858

1858 J. G. Holland Titcomb's Lett. viii. 74 Follow it, and see how long it will be before you come to a stump and a smash-up.

1890 S. W. Baker Wild Beasts I. 16 A hollow bullet..is intended..to secure an expansion and smash-up of the lead upon impact with the animal.

1892 Catholic News 27 Feb. 5/5 May this smash-up of his facts remain as a warning to him.

1940 W. Empson Gathering Storm 67 Politicians, etc., living now, who made a smash-up of international affairs.

1974 J. Wainwright Hard Hit 52 One evening session had seen..seven full-weight smash-ups start—and end with the arrival of the Military Police.

1978 H. Wouk War & Remembrance xxxix. 399 Historians tend to miss the awful simultaneity of the fourfold smashup.

b. spec. A collision, esp. of road or rail vehicles; a crash. Chiefly U.S.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > vehicular traffic > [noun] > collision or accident

car accident1834

street accident1835

accident1836

smash-up1856

car crash1877

car wreck1877

motor accident1910

wreck1912

crash1917

rollover1955

prang1959

shunt1959

1856 M. J. Holmes 'Lena Rivers 36 The old lady, sure of a smash-up this time, had attempted to rise.

1875 H. W. Shaw Josh Billings' Farmer's Allminax 13 Got the orfull smash up on the rale rode.

1923 M. Watts Luther Nichols 354 There had been..a smash up; a delivery-wagon..had run head-on into that there stone.

1931 Kansas City (Missouri) Times 3 Oct. e/6 What could run more typically true to form than a smashup when that bee got up a motorist's pants leg a short time ago?

1978 J. Irving World according to Garp xii. 236 They all drive so fast... If it weren't for you, I sometimes think they'd be having their smashups right in my living room.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	smash-up
释义	smash-upn. Forms: Also (U.S.) smashup. Etymology: < smash n.¹ or smash v.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsmash-up. a. A complete smash. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > [noun] > breaking into pieces or shattering > state of being shattered or smashed stramash1827 smashery1830 smash1857 smash-up1858 1858 J. G. Holland Titcomb's Lett. viii. 74 Follow it, and see how long it will be before you come to a stump and a smash-up. 1890 S. W. Baker Wild Beasts I. 16 A hollow bullet..is intended..to secure an expansion and smash-up of the lead upon impact with the animal. 1892 Catholic News 27 Feb. 5/5 May this smash-up of his facts remain as a warning to him. 1940 W. Empson Gathering Storm 67 Politicians, etc., living now, who made a smash-up of international affairs. 1974 J. Wainwright Hard Hit 52 One evening session had seen..seven full-weight smash-ups start—and end with the arrival of the Military Police. 1978 H. Wouk War & Remembrance xxxix. 399 Historians tend to miss the awful simultaneity of the fourfold smashup. b. spec. A collision, esp. of road or rail vehicles; a crash. Chiefly U.S. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > vehicular traffic > [noun] > collision or accident car accident1834 street accident1835 accident1836 smash-up1856 car crash1877 car wreck1877 motor accident1910 wreck1912 crash1917 rollover1955 prang1959 shunt1959 1856 M. J. Holmes 'Lena Rivers 36 The old lady, sure of a smash-up this time, had attempted to rise. 1875 H. W. Shaw Josh Billings' Farmer's Allminax 13 Got the orfull smash up on the rale rode. 1923 M. Watts Luther Nichols 354 There had been..a smash up; a delivery-wagon..had run head-on into that there stone. 1931 Kansas City (Missouri) Times 3 Oct. e/6 What could run more typically true to form than a smashup when that bee got up a motorist's pants leg a short time ago? 1978 J. Irving World according to Garp xii. 236 They all drive so fast... If it weren't for you, I sometimes think they'd be having their smashups right in my living room. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1856
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