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smash
noun- a great success UK, 1930
A shortening of “smash hit”. - The single was not a smash but, much to Ian [Parkin]’s delight, outsold Blue and Atomic Kitten in Oxford Street’s HMV store. — Wimbledon Guardian, 30 April 2004
- momentum US
Air combat slang. - North Vietnamese ground controllers would lead the MiGs in behind the Phantoms at very low altitude, below radar coverage, building up energy–“smash” was the pilot’s term–at supersonic speed[.] — Walter Boyne and Steven Thompson, The Wild Blue, p. 523, 1986
- money; pocket change US
- I managed to overcome his original bad impression of me, and soon I was buying his drinks and meals, and he was hitting me for “smash” (change) at regular intervals. — William Burroughs, Junkie, p. 26, 1953
- — Allen Geller, Mr, p. 9, April 1966: “The hippie’s lexicon”
- wine US
- — Anthony Romeo, The Language of Gangs, p. 22, 4 December 1962
- — Hermese E. Roberts, The Third Ear, 1971
- — American Speech, p. 155, Spring-Summer 1972: “An approach to Black slang”
- — Edith A. Folb, runnin’ down some lines, p. 255, 1980
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