单词 | smasher |
释义 | smashern.1 1. slang. a. Anything uncommon, extraordinary, or unusual, esp. unusually large or excellent. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [noun] > an exceptionally large thing of its kind swinger1599 rapper1653 thumper1660 whisker1668 spanker1751 slapper1781 whopper1785 skelper1790 smasher1794 pelter1811 swapper1818 jumbo1823 sneezer1823 whacker1825 whanger1825 infant1832 bulger1835 three-decker1835 bouncer1842 snorter1859 whalera1860 plonker1862 bruiser1868 snapper1874 plumper1881 boomer1885 heavy1897 sollicker1898 sanakatowzer1903 Moby Dicka1974 stonker1987 the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [noun] > excellent thing starOE dainty1340 daisyc1485 say-piece1535 bravery1583 paragon1585 daint1633 rapper1653 supernaculum1704 dandy1785 roarer1813 sneezer1823 plum1825 trimmer1827 sockdolager1838 rasper1844 dinger1861 job1863 fizzer1866 champagne1880 beauty1882 pie1884 twanger1889 smasher1894 crackerjack1895 Taj Mahal1895 beaut1896 pearler1901 lollapalooza1904 bearcat1909 beaner1911 grande dame1915 Rolls-Royce1916 the nuts1917 pipperoo1939 rubydazzler1941 rumpty1941 rumptydooler1941 snodger1941 sockeroo1942 sweetheart1942 zinger1955 blue-chipper1957 ring-a-ding1959 premier cru1965 sharpie1970 stormer1978 1794 Gentleman's Mag. 64 i. 216/1 Smasher..signifies any thing larger than common. a1800 in S. Pegge Suppl. Grose's Provinc. Gloss. 1853 S. Moodie Life in Clearings 106 If you make it twelve and a half cents, you'll have a smasher [= a full house]. 1894 Daily News 11 Sept. 5/1 Lord Rosebery's colt, who, if not the ‘smasher’ which his precipitate admirers declared him to be.., is above the average of high-class three-year-olds. b. A very pretty or attractive woman; an attractive man. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > attractiveness > [noun] > attractive person > man Prince Charming1855 Valentino1930 dreamboat1941 smasher1948 hunk1966 babe1973 oppa2009 the mind > attention and judgement > attractiveness > [noun] > attractive person > woman morsela1450 honeypot1618 enchantera1704 peach1710 enchantress1713 sparkler1713 enslaver1728 witch1740 fascinatress1799 honey1843 biscuit1855 fairy1862 baby1863 scorcher1881 cracker1891 peacherino1896 hot tamale1897 mink1899 hotty?1913 babe1915 a bit of skirt1916 cookie1917 tomato1918 snuggle-pup1922 nifty1923 brahma1925 package1931 ginch1934 blonde bombshell1942 beast1946 smasher1948 a bit of crackling1949 nymphet1955 nymphette1961 fox1963 beaver1968 superbabe1970 brick house1977 nubile1977 yummy mummy1993 1948 E. Partridge et al. Dict. Forces' Slang 173 To a Scotsman an attactive girl was ‘a wee smasher’. 1949 J. R. Cole It was so Late 61 ‘Yes. No kidding,’ Don said. ‘But she was easier to look at than anything around here. She was a smasher—straight she was!’ 1957 A. Wilson Bit off Map & Other Stories 74 When the jeunes filles met Rodney, Jackie..put her head on one side and said, ‘I say, isn't he a smasher!’ 1963 Security Gaz. V. i. 13/2 The applicant for a shorthand typist's job—she was a smasher. 1977 C. McCullough Thorn Birds xviii. 458 In a long black wig, tan body paint and my few scraps of metal I look a smasher. 2. colloquial. a. A severe or crushing reply, article, review, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > [noun] > severe > instance of cockshy1822 smasher1828 slasher1849 scarifier1855 slating1870 slate1887 savaging1905 excoriation1924 caning1933 pasting1974 handbagging1987 1828 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 24 189 His reply..was a complete smasher. 1849 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis (1850) I. xxxi. 305 He's a tremendous hand at a smasher. 1864 Reader No. 100. 674/1 The Edinburgh Review had ‘come down a smasher on Robert Browning’. b. A bad or damaging fall; a heavy blow. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific degree of force > [noun] > striking heavily > a heavy blow smitea1200 ponder1339 clouta1400 whopc1440 routa1450 maul1481 sousec1500 dunta1522 flake1559 lambskin1573 lamback1592 daud1596 baster1600 mell1658 thumper1682 lounder1723 smash1725 plumper1756 spanker1772 douser1782 thud1787 bash1805 stave1819 batter1823 belter1823 wallop1823 whacker1823 belt1825 smasher1829 dingbat1843 dinger1845 oner1861 squeaker1877 clod1886 wham1923 dong1941 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > [noun] > falling down or from erect position (animates) > severe fall breakneck1563 plumper1810 purl1825 mucker1851 cropper1858 burster1863 smasher1875 crumpler1883 smeller1923 1829 P. Egan Boxiana New Ser. II. 706 Tom, by the effect of this smasher, lost his equilibrium. 1875 F. T. Buckland Log-bk. Fisherman 4 The horses will come a terrific smasher. 1897 Daily News 1 June 8/2 Before I could consider,..I had fetched him the smasher. 3. An appliance or machine which smashes or crushes; spec. a bookbinder's compressing-machine; a form of embossing-press. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > equipment for altering consistency > [noun] > crushing or grinding mullet1398 mill1560 rammer1630 pulverizer1635 crackera1640 hand mill1656 grinder1688 mortar1733 pestle mill1773 pulverer1778 bruiser1809 smasher1822 muller1823 pug mill1824 crusher1825 pounding machine1839 pug1859 disintegrator1874 micronizer1934 society > communication > book > manufacture or production of books > book-binding > bookbinding equipment > [noun] > machines arming press1832 smasher1876 smashing-machinea1877 backing-machine1879 sewing machine1880 wire-stitcher1882 bumper1951 smashing-press- 1822 W. James Naval Hist. (1826) I. 47 Its destructive effects..induced its ingenious inventor to give it the name of smasher. 1876 Encycl. Brit. IV. 44 The folded sheets are sometimes condensed in another American machine called ‘The Smasher’. 1882 J. B. Nicholson Art Bookbinding 44 A powerful embossing press, technically called a smasher. 4. One who smashes. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > [noun] > breaking into pieces or shattering > one who shatters or smashes shiverer1834 shatterer1867 smasher1884 the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific degree of force > [noun] > striking heavily > one who or that which strikes heavily thumper?1562 smasher1884 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > racket games > lawn tennis > [noun] > player > types of volley1878 volleyer1878 foot-faulter1893 match-player1894 net player1919 double-faulter1921 smasher1921 tennis-professional1938 tennis-pro1942 counterpuncher1944 retriever1974 1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 4 July 1/2 Every day the smashing is postponed..the more likely will it be that the Mahdi will be the smasher and we the smashed. 1921 A. W. Myers Twenty Years Lawn Tennis 78 The brilliant server and smasher became a double-faulter and a snatcher at lobs. 1928 B. Nuthall Learning Lawn Tennis vii. 114 I am not an expert smasher myself. 5. attributive in smasher hat, a slouched hat. Also elliptical. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > hat > with a brim > with brim hanging over face slouch1714 slouched hat1779 slouch hat1837 smasher hat1891 vagabond1927 1891 E. Glanville Fossicker xviii. 156 The Dutchmen stared at him from under the brims of their felt ‘smashers’. 1892 J. R. Couper Mixed Humanity i. 4 A wide-awake, called in South Africa a ‘smasher’. 1894 C. H. W. Donovan With Wilson in Matabeleland ix. 189 Brown cord jackets and ‘smasher’ hats, bandoliers and rifles. 1899 G. H. Russell Under Sjambok x. 107 The men..are content to put a piece of crape round the arm and smasher hat. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). smashern.2 slang. 1. One who passes or utters counterfeit coin or forged notes. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > circulation of money > [noun] > passing of money > passing of counterfeits > person who outera1415 outputter1574 smasher1795 shoful-pitcher1839 shofulman1851 shover1859 varnisher1864 passer1929 dropper1938 1795 H. T. Potter New Dict. Cant & Flash Smasher, a passer of counterfeit coin. 1796 P. Colquhoun Treat. Police of Metropolis 107 The Dealer..for the most part disposes of it to the utterers, vulgarly called Smashers. 1836 Lincoln Herald 20 Dec. 4/2 Several individuals have been imposed upon by the smashers. 1857 G. Borrow Romany Rye II. x. 124 When I said that my father was a smasher, I meant one who passes forged notes. 1895 Westm. Gaz. 18 Sept. 3/1 Most frequently the single-handed ‘smasher’ contents himself in passing one coin in an evening. 2. A counterfeit coin. rare. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > false coin > [noun] > a false coin bad pennyc1400 countera1529 slip1592 black dog1665 swimmer1699 Brummagem1838 sinker1839 smasher1851 wrong 'un1899 wooden nickel1927 wrongo1937 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour (1864) II. 488/2 Every bit of it, every coin,..was bad—all smashers. 3. A receiver of stolen property. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > receiver of stolen goods > [noun] receiver?a1400 intaker1421 resetterc1430 marker1591 marter1591 fence1699 fencer1699 fencing-cully1699 lock1699 family man1747 locker1753 drop1915 smasher1929 handler1995 1929 C. Humphreys Great Pearl Robbery i. 60 The goods might be disposed of to a ‘smasher’, that is, a receiver of stolen property. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11794n.21795 |
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