SMASH HIT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does smash hit mean? 

• SMASH HIT (noun)
  The noun SMASH HIT has 1 sense:

1. an unusually successful hit with widespread popularity and huge sales (especially a movie or play or recording or novel)

  Familiarity information: SMASH HIT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SMASH HIT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An unusually successful hit with widespread popularity and huge sales (especially a movie or play or recording or novel)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

blockbuster; megahit; smash hit

Hypernyms ("smash hit" is a kind of...):

bang; hit; smash; smasher; strike (a conspicuous success)

Domain usage:

figure; figure of speech; image; trope (language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense)