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How to pronounce “smash

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Pronunciation guide for smash

Learning goal
Practice the English pronunciation of smash with real speech in context.
Available examples
8 YouTube examples
Real speech example
Elon Musk: The future we're building -- and boringIt's either going to smash into tiny pieces or go quite fast.
Definition summary
The sound of a violent impact; a violent striking together.

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How to pronounce smash

Elon Musk: The future we're building -- and boring

It's either going to smash into tiny pieces or go quite fast.

Example Sentences

A Deep Dive Into “smash

Meaning

  • [Noun]
  • The sound of a violent impact; a violent striking together.
  • (UK, Ireland, colloquial) A traffic collision.
  • (colloquial) Something very successful or popular (as music, food, fashion, etc).
  • (tennis) A very hard overhead shot hit sharply downward.
  • (colloquial, archaic) A bankruptcy.
  • (colloquial, archaic) A disaster; a bad situation.
  • A mashed foodstuff.
  • A kind of julep cocktail containing chunks of fresh fruit that can be eaten after finishing the drink.
  • (aviation, informal) Airspeed; dynamic pressure.
  • (uncountable, archaic) Destruction.
  • [Verb]
  • (transitive) To break (something brittle) violently.
  • (intransitive) To be destroyed by being smashed.
  • (transitive) To hit extremely hard.
  • (transitive, figuratively) To ruin completely and suddenly.
  • (transitive, figuratively) To defeat overwhelmingly; to gain a comprehensive success over.
  • (transitive, US) To deform through continuous pressure.
  • (transitive, slang, vulgar) To have sex with.
  • (intransitive, slang, archaic) Synonym of go to smash (“to go to ruin; to fail disastrously”).
  • (UK, Ireland, slang, obsolete) To pass counterfeit money.

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