SMASHER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does smasher mean? 

• SMASHER (noun)
  The noun SMASHER has 3 senses:

1. a person who smashes something

2. a very attractive or seductive looking woman

3. a conspicuous success

  Familiarity information: SMASHER used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SMASHER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who smashes something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("smasher" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Derivation:

smash (break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over)

smash (hit hard)

smash (damage or destroy as if by violence)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A very attractive or seductive looking woman

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

beauty; dish; knockout; looker; lulu; mantrap; peach; ravisher; smasher; stunner; sweetheart

Hypernyms ("smasher" is a kind of...):

adult female; woman (an adult female person (as opposed to a man))

Sense 3

Meaning:

A conspicuous success

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

bang; hit; smash; smasher; strike

Context example:

the party went with a bang

Hypernyms ("smasher" is a kind of...):

success (an attainment that is successful)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "smasher"):

blockbuster; megahit; smash hit (an unusually successful hit with widespread popularity and huge sales (especially a movie or play or recording or novel))

sleeper (an unexpected hit)

 Context examples 

John Clay, the murderer, thief, smasher, and forger.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)