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# smasher

noun (a smasher, smashers)

«smasher» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (UK, informal, old-fashioned) A person or thing that is wonderful, very nice or very attractive: «She's a smasher». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smasher/#m1)
2. A person or thing that smashes or breaks things, e.g. a can smasher or a record smasher. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smasher/#m2)

### In the lessons

In British books and older family talk, «a smasher» is warm praise; grandparents may say «You're a little smasher». The plain sense appears in phrases like «record smasher» in sport or «Ball Smasher» as a toy or game name.

### Examples

- Thanks for the help, you're a smasher! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smasher/#x1)
- Grandad said the new puppy was a little smasher. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smasher/#x2)
- That goal was a real smasher! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smasher/#x3)
- The can smasher squashes tins for recycling. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smasher/#x4)
- She's a record smasher — she broke the school record three times. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smasher/#x5)
- "What a smasher of a day!" said Nan, looking at the blue sky. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smasher/#x6)

### Note

Countable. Related British praise words: «smashing» (great), «brilliant». It is informal and a bit old-fashioned now.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «smasher» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smasher/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«smasher» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/smasher.html) on Mova free.