Associations to the word «Smashing»
Adverb
Wiktionary
SMASHING, adjective. Serving to smash (something).
SMASHING, adjective. (British informal) Wonderful, very good or impressive.
SMASHING, noun. Gerund: The action of the verb to smash.
SMASHING, verb. Present participle of smash
Dictionary definition
SMASHING, noun. The act of breaking something into small pieces.
SMASHING, adjective. Very good; "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.