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Smashing

Definition: Smashing

Smashing

Adjective

1. (informal) very good; "a bully pulpit"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing".

Noun

1. The act of breaking something into small pieces.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "smashing" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Smashing

DomainDefinition

Slang

Adverb. Source: Breaking something. Act of smashing something. destroying. Definition: Cool. That is a smashing dress you have on.That is a smashing car. Context: Talking about how great something is\. Social Source: Olympian pot heads. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references)

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Synonyms: Smashing

Synonyms: bang-up (adj), bully (adj), corking (adj), cracking (adj), dandy (adj), great (adj), groovy (adj), keen (adj), neat (adj), nifty (adj), not bad(p) (adj), peachy (adj), slap-up (adj), swell (adj), shattering (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Smashing

English words defined with "smashing": amok, amuckberserk, brainCarronadedemoniac, demoniacalpossessed. (references)
Etymologies containing "smashing": Smash. (references)

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Modern Usage: Smashing

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Groovy, smashing! Yay capitalism (Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery; writing credit: Mike Myers)

Billy Corgan, Smashing Pumpkins (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

You better do something, you idiot, because in ten minutes you're going to have two hundred tons of locomotive smashing through Central Station on its way to Marshall Fields (Silver Streak; writing credit: Colin Higgins)

We do look smashing in black and white (Clueless; writing credit: Cuauhtémoc Blanco; Caridad Bravo Adams)

Charming Cynthia's dashing, Vivian's sweet Stephanie's smashing, Priscilla a treat (Mary Poppins; writing credit: P.L. Travers; Bill Walsh)

Lyrics

Smashing the hell (When Smokey Sings; performing artist: ABC)

Movie/TV Titles

Smashing Time (1967)

The Smashing of the Reich (1962)

Smashing the Spy Ring (1939)

Carrie Nation Smashing a Saloon (1901)

Song Titles

1979 (performing artist: Smashing Pumpkins)

Stand Inside Your Love (performing artist: Smashing Pumpkins)

The Everlasting Gaze (performing artist: Smashing Pumpkins)

Ava adore (performing artist: The smashing pumpkins)

Perfect (performing artist: The smashing pumpkins)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Smashing

DomainTitle

Books

  • China's Economic Challenge: Smashing the Iron Rice Bowl (reference)

  • Iron Hand: Smashing the Enemy's Air Defences (reference)

  • Smashing Glazes: 53 Artists Share Insights and Recipes (reference)

  • Smashing Pumpkins CD/book (reference)

  • Smashing Pumpkins: Siamese Dream (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  • Smashing Pumpkins - Greatest Hits Video Collection (reference)

  • Smashing Pumpkins: Vieuphoria (reference)

  • Smashing Time (reference)

  • The Smashing Pumpkins: 1991-2000 - Greatest Hits Video Collection (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

  

High Tech

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Image Slideshow: Smashing

Computer Images:
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Photo Album: Smashing

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

"Must 'av had a smashing good time". Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Sounds Captioned with "Smashing".

PlayCaptionPlayCaption
Wooden crate smashing on the floor.Person smashing a car windshield.
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Non-Fiction Usage: Smashing

SubjectTopicQuote

Human Rights

Nepal

On April 5, Maoists beat up Bhim Hidhi Hamal of Jumla District, smashing one of his kneecaps. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Smashing

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Bob Barker

Well, obviously, they have to be very attractive physically. They have to look smashing in a swimsuit. And we would like to have them be bright and able to make a refrigerator come alive for you.

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Usage Frequency: Smashing

"Smashing" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 64.03% of the time. "Smashing" is used about 392 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (-ing form)64.03%25118,755
Adjective (general or positive)35.46%13926,913
Noun (singular)0.51%2245,945
                    Total100.00%392N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Smashing

Expression using "smashing": smashing blow. Additional references.

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "smashing": atom-smashing, body-smashing, canopy-smashing, forearm-smashing, guitar-smashing, left-smashing, machine-smashing, plate-smashing, pommel-smashing, union-smashing, window-smashing.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Smashing

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

smashing pumpkin

2,558

smashing pumpkin album

17

smashing pumpkin lyrics

771

game smashing

17

smashing thumb

417

buddy icon pumpkin smashing

16

smashing pumpkin tab

138

disarm lyrics pumpkin smashing

15

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103

lyrics pumpkin smashing tonight tonight

15

smashing pumpkin discography

72

smashing pumpkin tablature

13

smashing pumpkin picture

53

font pumpkin smashing

13

smashing pumpkin guitar tab

47

lyrics pumpkin smashing song

13

smashing pumpkin mp3

39

pumkins smashing

12

lyrics pumkins smashing

37

pumkins smashing tab

12

smashing pumpkin video

33

smashing drive

12

pumpkin smashing wallpaper

30

smashing pumpkin t shirt

12

smashing grandpa

27

smashing pumpkin greatest hit

12

smashing pumpkin pic

25

lyrics perfect pumpkin smashing

11

1979 lyrics pumpkin smashing

23

disarm pumpkin smashing

11

smashing tgp thumb

22

lyrics pumpkin smashing zero

11

official pumpkin site smashing

22

smashing pumpkin photo

11

1979 the smashing pumpkin

21

pumpkin smashing today

11

lyrics pumpkin smashing today

18

pumpkin screensaver smashing

10

smashing pumpkin poster

17

password smashing

10
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Modern Translation: Smashing

Language Translations for "smashing"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

kryevepre, i shkëlqyer (admirable, bright, brilliant, capital, choice, copybook, corking, crack, cracking, Dandy, divine, excellent, fabulous, famous, fantastic, fantastical, fine, first rate, flamboyant, gaudy, glazy, glorious, glossy, gorgeous, great, heavenly, immense, marvellous, marvelous, perfect, pink, plum, powerful, prize, pukka, rare, ripping, royal, splendid, splendiferous, whizzbang, wicked). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏كسر (breach, break, breakage, breaking, crash, crush, defeat, double, fold, fraction, fracture, fracturing, infringe, pleat, rout, shatter, shattering, smash, tuck, vanquish, violate), ‏تحطيم (shatter), ‏رهيب (bloodcurdling, bloody, chilly, dire, dreadful, fearful, fierce, grisly, gruesome, hairy, holy, horrible, horrific, lurid, macabre, monstrous, morbid, nightmarish, redoubtable, super, terrible, wretched), ‏رائع (admirable, bonny, brag, brave, conspicuous, dazzling, ducks, ducky, effective, elegant, emphatic, entrancing, exceptional, exquisite, extraordinary, fabulous, felicitous, fine, glorious, gorgeous, grand, heavenly, in apple-pie order, irresistible, lovely, magnificent, marvellous, marvelous, mighty, miraculous, noteworthy, out of this world, outstanding, palmy, picturesque, portentous, precious, prestigious, rattling, recherche, remarkable, ripening, ripping, sensational, showy, sightly, signal, singular, smash, solid, some, spanking, sparkling, splendid, stunning, stupendous, super, superb, swell, terrific, topping, tremendous, uncommon, wonder, wonderful, wondrous), ‏باهر (admirable, dazzling, flaring, glamorous, glamourous, mesmeric, out of this world, splendid). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

съкрушителен (heartrending, knockdown, overpowering, overwhelming, sledgehammer), чудесен (admirable, beautiful, champion, clipping, cool, corking, delicious, elegant, excellent, fabulous, famous, fine, glorious, gorgeous, great, heavenly, hot, immense, lovely, magnificent, marvellous, marvelous, neat, nifty, noble, priceless, rattling, regular, ripping, scrumptious, spanking, splendid, super, terrific, thundering, topping, walloping, wizard, wonderful), тежък (cumbrous, dense, difficult, distressing, faint, grave, grievous, grinding, hammering, hard, heavy, hefty, high, hulking, labored, laborious, laboured, leaden, lumping, lumpish, lumpy, massive, massy, muggy, onerous, painful, plodding, ponderous, robust, rugged, sad, severe, shrewd, sledgehammer, slow, smart, soggy, solemn, sore, stiff, stodgy, taxing, thorny, tight, tough, traumatic, trying, unwieldy, uphill, weighty), великолепен (champion, colossal, glorious, gorgeous, grand, immense, imperial, magnificent, palatial, pompous, princely, royal, splashing, splendid, super, superb, wonderful). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

捣毁 (smashed, smash-up). (various references)

   

Czech

  

senzaèní (delicious, fine, gorgeous, grand, great, groovy, hot, magic, mean, sensational, startling, stunning, swell, terrific, thrilling, wonderful), fantastický (dishy, fabulous, fantastic, fantastical, gorgeous, great, incredible, like a dream, magic, out of this world, sublime, terrific, unbelievable). (various references)

   

Danish

  

falsenedtrykningsmaskine (smashing machine). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

kneepmachine (smashing machine), kneepinbrandmachine (smashing machine). (various references)

   

French

  

terrible, formidable (smash), destruction, de tonnerre, bien amusant. (various references)

   

German

  

zusammenschlagend, zertrümmernd (wrecking), kaputtschlagend. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

συντριπτικόσ (crushing, overpowering), χάρμα (glorious, super). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

מוחץ (crushing, overwhelming), מפץ (crushing, shattering). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

hatalmas (ample, enormous, giant, gigantean, gigantesque, gigantic, grandiose, herculean, huge, mighty, monumental, overpowering, powerful, Titanic, vast), patent (press-stud, snap, snap fastener, stud), megsemmisítő (crushing, overwhelming, wrecking), irtó (dreadful), átütő erejű. (various references)

   

Italian

  

formidabile (crack, formidable, redoubtable, redoubted, terrible, tremendous, wonderful), fantasioso (fanciful, imaginative). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

(demolishing, pulverization), (cracking to pieces, crushing), (cracking to pieces, crushing). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ふ"さい (demolishing, pulverization), はさい (cracking to pieces, crushing). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

분쇄 (Comminuting, Crushing, fracture, Pulverizing, smash). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ashingsmay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

violento (blustering, boisterous, desperate, drastic, elbow-grease, fierce, forceful, forcible, furious, heady, hot, hot-brained, hot-headed, hot-tempered, impetuous, joggly, judas-colored, judas-coloured, rabid, racking, rambunctious, rampageous, rampant, red, rough, rude, ruffianly, sledge-hammer, smart, spasmodic, splitting, stormy, swashing, swingeing, tearing, tempestuous, thunderous, tough, towering, two-fisted, uncontrollable, vehement, viatic, violent, virulent), formidável (clinking, formidable, redoubtable, redoubted, ripping, scrumptious, slashing, sledge-hammer, snorting, spanking, stupendous, super, terrific, tremendous), fantástico (chimerical, fanciful, fantastic, fantastical, of fantasy, stupendous, unreal, whimsical), devastador (devastating, harrier, henharrier, slashing, sledge-hammer, waster, wasting). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

straşnic (clinking, colossal, considerable, damnably, excellent, excessive, extreme, fine, gee, goody, grand, horrible, jolly, magnificent, mightily, nifty, proper, properly, rigorous, severe, severely, solid, some, sound, stern, swell, terrible, terribly, thundering, tremendous, with a vengeance), zdrobitor (crushing, overwhelming), excepţional (awful, beyond compare, exceptional, exceptionally, exceptive, extraordinary, felicitous, fine, highly satisfactory, outstanding, rarely, special, topping, uncommon, wonderfully), colosal (astronomic, astronomical, capitally, colossal, colossally, enormous, enormously, gigantic, grand, huge, jumbo, monster, monstrous, mountain, ocean-wide, some, strapping, terrible, thundering, vast). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

сокрушительный (crushing, knock down, shattering, slashing, sledgehammer), разбивать разрушительный, превосходный (admirable, bang-up, beautiful, capital, clinking, divine, excellent, fine, grand, groovy, hunky-dory, jim-dandy, nailing, once-stellar, palmary, posh, prime, spanking, superb, superlative, surpassing, tiptop, top-hole, topnotch, top-notch, transcendent, unexceptionable, unexceptional). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

koji razbija. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

pistonudo (topping), imponente (commanding, gallant, grand, imposing, thundering, towering), bárbaro (barbarian, barbaric, barbarous, cruel, fantastic, fantastical, gouache, grand, great, heathen, ripping, super), aplastante (crusher, crushing, knockout, overwhelming, sharp, shattering). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

fantastisk (almighty, awe inspiring, awesome, big deal, breathtaking, cracking, divine, fab, fabulous, fanciful, fancy, fantastic, fantastical, far out, incredible, jolly, lovely, magnificent, perfect, raving, stunning, super, tall, terrific, tremendous, whimsical, wild-eyed, wizard, wonderful). (various references)

   

Thai

  

ซึ่งแตกเป็นเสี่ยงๆ. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

olağanüstü (above the ordinary, breathtaking, classical, dreamy, exceeding, exceptional, extra, extraordinary, extreme, fantastic, fantastical, glorious, huge, incredible, marvellous, marvelous, miraculous, necromantic, out of this world, paramount, phenomenal, portentous, preternatural, prodigious, rare, raving, remarkable, shining, special, spectacular, splendid, sublime, supernatural, supernormal, terrific, unearthly), müthiş (almighty, appalling, awful, bang up, beastly, colossal, deadly, devastating, devilish, dire, direful, fabulous, fearful, filthy, formidable, frightful, gee-whiz, helluva, prodigious, ripping, splendid, splendiferous, stunning, stupendous, superb, swell, tearing, terrible, terrific, thundering, unco, wild), mükemmel (accomplished, all around, alpha plus, ambrosial, bang up, banner, beyond praise, bully, capital, champion, classic, classical, classy, commanding, complete, consummate, cool, copybook, Dandy, dreamy, elegant, excellent, famous, famously, faultless, fine, finished, first class, great, immense, jolly good, no mean, par excellence, perfect, ripping, scrumptious, slap up, smooth, solid, sovereign, spiffing, spiffy, splendid, splendiferous, super, superb, superlative, that takes the cake, the dandy, thorough, thoroughgoing, tiptop, to a turn, to the nines, topping, triumphant, unique), şiddetli (acute, astringent, bitter, brutal, burning, cast iron, consuming, deep, drastic, exquisite, extreme, ferocious, flaming, flash, forceful, frenetic, frenzied, fulminant, furious, gusty, hard, harsh, heavy, high, hot, impetuous, intemperate, intense, intensive, ironclad, keen, profound, rigorous, round, severe, sharp, slashing, sledgehammer, smacking, smart, spanking, splitting, stand up, stern, stinging, stormy, strenuous, strong, sweeping, tempestuous, torrential, vehement, vicious, vigorous, violent, virulent), ağır (arduous, back breaking, badly, bovine, burdensome, contemptuous, cumbersome, cumbrous, deep, deliberate, dignified, drudging, dull, fabian, foul, grave, grievous, hard, harsh, heavily, heavy, hefty, indigestible, languid, lazy, lumbering, massive, measured, muzzy, not fast, onerous, oppressive, plodding, ponderous, repressive, rich, scorching, scornful, serious, serious minded, seriously, severe, severely, sharp, slack, slashing, slow, slow moving, slowly, sluggish, stodgy, strenuous, strong, swingeing, toilful, toilsome, unwholesome, unwieldy, weighty). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

разючий (amazing, peachy, ripping, snorting), нищівний (crushing, destructive, scathing, sledge hammer). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

chiến (bang-up, bonzer, elegant, famous, famously, hunky-dory, magnificent, slap-up, solid, spanking, super), ác (evil, malevolent, scathing, unkind). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Bible Trace: Smashing

LanguageDateSourceDaniel Chapter 7, Verse 23
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintKai erreqh moi peri tou qhriou tou tetartou oti basileia tetarth estai epi thV ghV htiV dioisei para pasan thn ghn kai anastatwsei authn kai kataleanei authn
Latin405VulgateEt sic ait bestia quarta regnum quartum erit in terra quod maius erit omnibus regnis et devorabit universam terram et conculcabit et comminuet eam
Middle English1395WyclifAnd thus he saith, The fourthe beest shal be the fourthe rewme in erthe, that shal be more than alle rewmes, and shal deuouren al erthe, and shal defoule, and to gydre breke it.
Jacobean English1611King JamesThus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.
Victorian English1833WebsterThus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.
Basic English1964OgdenThis is what he said: The fourth beast is a fourth kingdom which will come on earth, different from all the kingdoms, and it will overcome all the earth, crushing it down and smashing it.

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Matched Bible Translations: Smashing

LanguageDaniel Chapter 7, Verse 23
CebuanoSa ingon niana siya miingon: Ang ikaupat nga mananap mao ang ikaupat nga gingharian sa yuta, nga lahi gikan sa tanang mga gingharian ug molamoy sa tibook yuta, ug magayatak niini, ug magadugmok kaniya.
Chinese那 侍 立 者 這 樣 說 、 第 四 獸 就 是 世 上 必 有 的 第 四 國 、 與 一 切 國 大 不 相 同 、 必 吞 喫 全 地 、 並 " 踐 踏 嚼 碎 。
CroatianOn reèe: "Èetvrta neman bit æe èetvrto kraljevstvo na zemlji, razlièito od svih kraljevstava. Progutat æe svu zemlju, zgazit' je i smrviti.
DanishHans Svar lød: "Det fjerde Dyr betyder, at et fjerde Rige skal fremstå på Jorden, som skaj være forskelligt fra alle de andre Riger; det skal opsluge hele Jorden og søndertræde og knuse den.
DutchHij zeide aldus: Het vierde dier zal het vierde rijk op aarde zijn, dat verscheiden zal zijn van al die rijken, en het zal de ganse aarde opeten, en het zal dezelve vertreden, en het zal ze verbrijzelen.
FinnishHän vastasi näin: "Neljäs peto on neljäs valtakunta, joka syntyy maan päälle, erilainen kuin kaikki muut valtakunnat. Se syö kaiken maan ja tallaa ja murskaa sen.
FrenchIl me parla ainsi: Le quatrième animal, c`est un quatrième royaume qui existera sur la terre, différent de tous les royaumes, et qui dévorera toute la terre, la foulera et la brisera.
GermanEr sprach also: Das vierte Tier wird das vierte Reich auf Erden sein, welches wird gar anders sein denn alle Reiche; es wird alle Lande fressen, zertreten und zermalmen.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariInilah keterangan yang kudapat, "Binatang yang keempat itu ialah kerajaan yang keempat yang akan berdiri di bumi dan akan berbeda dengan kerajaan-kerajaan yang lain. Kerajaan itu akan menghancurkan dan melahap seluruh bumi dan menginjak-injak sisanya.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaLalu katanya demikian: Bahwa binatang yang keempat itulah kerajaan yang keempat, yang akan ada di atas bumi dan yang akan berlainan dengan segala kerajaan, maka ia itu akan makan habis akan segenap isi bumi dan memijak-mijak dia, dan menghancurkan dia.
ItalianEgli dunque mi disse: «La quarta bestia significa che ci sar sulla terra un quarto regno diverso da tutti gli altri e divorer tutta la terra, la stritoler e la calpester .
MaoriKo tana kupu tenei, Ko te tuawha o nga kararehe, he tuawha tera no nga kingitanga i runga i te whenua, ka rere ke i nga kingitanga katoa, ka pau i a ia te whenua katoa, ka takatakahia e ia, ka wawahia a mongamonga noa.
NorwegianSå lød hans ord: Det fjerde dyr betyr at det på jorden skal komme et fjerde rike, som skal være anderledes enn alle de andre riker, og det skal sluke hele jorden og søndertrede og knuse den.
PortugueseAssim me disse ele: O quarto animal será um quarto reino na terra, o qual será diferente de todos os reinos; devorará toda a terra, e a pisará aos pés, e a fará em pedaços.   
RumanianEl mi -a vorbit awa: ,,Fiara a patra, este o a patra kmpqrqyie, care va fi pe pqmknt. Ea se va deosebi de toate celelalte, va sfkwia tot pqmkntul, kl va cqlca kn picioare wi -l va zdrobi.
Russianп' ЬФПН ПО УЛБЪБМ: ЪЧЕТШ ЮЕФЧЕТФЩК--ЮЕФЧЕТФПЕ "БТУФЧП 'Х"ЕФ ОБ ЪЕНМЕ, ПФМЙЮОПЕ ПФ ЧУЕИ "БТУФЧ, ЛПФПТПЕ 'Х"ЕФ ПЦЙТБФШ ЧУА ЪЕНМА, П ЙТБФШ Й УПЛТХЫБФШ ЕЕ.
Spanish"Dijo así: 'La cuarta bestia será un cuarto reino en la tierra, el cual será diferente de todos los otros reinos. A toda la tierra devorará; la trillará y despedazará.
SwedishDå svarade han så: "Det fjärde djuret betyder att ett fjärde rike skall uppstå på jorden, ett som är olikt alla de andra rikena. Det skall uppsluka hela jorden och förtrampa och krossa den.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Smashing

Derivations

Words beginning with "smashing": smashingly. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Smashing" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Samsing, Shashin, Snezhana. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Smashing"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "smashing" (pronounced sma"shing)
4-a" sh i ngbashing, cashing, clashing, crashing, dashing, flashing, gnashing, hashing, lashing, rehashing, slashing, splashing, stashing, thrashing, trashing.
3-sh i nganguishing, accomplishing, abolishing, admonishing, ambushing, astonishing, banishing, blushing, brainwashing, brandishing, brushing, crushing, demolishing, diminishing, dishing, distinguishing, embellishing, establishing, extinguishing, finishing, fishing, flourishing, flushing, furbishing, furnishing, gushing, languishing, lavishing, meshing, nourishing, onrushing, overfishing, photofinishing, polishing, publishing, punishing, pushing, quashing, ravishing, reestablishing, refinishing, refreshing, refurbishing, relinquishing, relishing, replenishing, rushing, skirmishing, sloshing, squashing, tarnishing, unleashing, vanishing, washing, wishing.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Smashing

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-g-h-i-m-n-s-s"

-1 letter: mashing, massing, sashing, shaming.

-2 letters: agisms, ashing, assign, gamins, sanghs, sigmas.

-3 letters: agism, amins, amiss, gains, gamin, gnash, hangs, mains, minas, nighs, sains, sangh, sasin, shags, shams, shims, shins, sighs, sigma, signs, simas, sings, sinhs, smash, snags, snash.

-4 letters: agin, aims, ains, amin, amis, anis, gain, gams, gash, ghis, gins, hags, hams, hang, hins.

 Words containing the letters "a-g-h-i-m-n-s-s"
 

+2 letters: hamstrings, misshaping, smashingly.

 

+3 letters: emphasising, misphrasing.

 

+4 letters: almightiness, gamesmanship, garnishments, hooliganisms, managerships, prognathisms, scrimshawing, sympathising.

 

+5 letters: gamesmanships, gemeinschafts, grantsmanship, housewarmings, languishments, phrasemakings, schismatizing, smallholdings.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Sounds
9. Quotations: Non-fiction
10. Quotations: Spoken
11. Usage Frequency
12. Expressions
13. Expressions: Internet
14. Translations: Modern
15. Bible Trace
16. Derivations
17. Rhymes
18. Anagrams
19. Bibliography


  

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