smasher
English
Etymology
smash + -er
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /smæʃɚ/
Audio (AU) (file)
Noun
smasher (countable and uncountable, plural smashers)
- Something that, or someone who, smashes.
- (mining, historical) A person employed to break up waste rock.
- (slang) An attractive person (see also smashing).
- 2019, “Magic of Meghan”, in Sweet Princess EP, performed by Dry Cleaning:
- You got engaged on the day that I moved out. It's OK / She's a smasher, perfectly suited to the role
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- (slang, dated) Anything very large or extraordinary; a whopper.
- (UK, slang, obsolete) One who passes counterfeit coins.
- 1859, Snowden's magistrates assistant (page 90)
- The price of a case (five shillings piece bad) from the smasher is about one shilling; an alderman (two and sixpence) about sixpence; a peg (shilling) about threepence; a downer or sprat (sixpence) about twopence.
- 1859, Snowden's magistrates assistant (page 90)
- (UK, slang, obsolete) The counterfeit money itself.
Derived terms
- atom smasher
Anagrams
- Harmses, marshes, mashers, shamers, shmears
French
Etymology
Calque of English to smash, from smash + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sma.ʃe/, /smat.ʃe/
Audio (file)
Verb
smasher
- (tennis) to smash
Conjugation
Conjugation of smasher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | smasher | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | smashant /sma.ʃɑ̃/ or /smat.ʃɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | smashé /sma.ʃe/ or /smat.ʃe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | smashe /smaʃ/ or /smatʃ/ | smashes /smaʃ/ or /smatʃ/ | smashe /smaʃ/ or /smatʃ/ | smashons /sma.ʃɔ̃/ or /smat.ʃɔ̃/ | smashez /sma.ʃe/ or /smat.ʃe/ | smashent /smaʃ/ or /smatʃ/ |
| imperfect | smashais /sma.ʃɛ/ or /smat.ʃɛ/ | smashais /sma.ʃɛ/ or /smat.ʃɛ/ | smashait /sma.ʃɛ/ or /smat.ʃɛ/ | smashions /sma.ʃjɔ̃/ or /smat.ʃjɔ̃/ | smashiez /sma.ʃje/ or /smat.ʃje/ | smashaient /sma.ʃɛ/ or /smat.ʃɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | smashai /sma.ʃe/ or /smat.ʃe/ | smashas /sma.ʃa/ or /smat.ʃa/ | smasha /sma.ʃa/ or /smat.ʃa/ | smashâmes /sma.ʃam/ or /smat.ʃam/ | smashâtes /sma.ʃat/ or /smat.ʃat/ | smashèrent /sma.ʃɛʁ/ or /smat.ʃɛʁ/ | |
| future | smasherai /smaʃ.ʁe/ or /smat.ʃə.ʁe/ | smasheras /smaʃ.ʁa/ or /smat.ʃə.ʁa/ | smashera /smaʃ.ʁa/ or /smat.ʃə.ʁa/ | smasherons /smaʃ.ʁɔ̃/ or /smat.ʃə.ʁɔ̃/ | smasherez /smaʃ.ʁe/ or /smat.ʃə.ʁe/ | smasheront /smaʃ.ʁɔ̃/ or /smat.ʃə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | smasherais /smaʃ.ʁɛ/ or /smat.ʃə.ʁɛ/ | smasherais /smaʃ.ʁɛ/ or /smat.ʃə.ʁɛ/ | smasherait /smaʃ.ʁɛ/ or /smat.ʃə.ʁɛ/ | smasherions /sma.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /smat.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ | smasheriez /sma.ʃə.ʁje/ or /smat.ʃə.ʁje/ | smasheraient /smaʃ.ʁɛ/ or /smat.ʃə.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | smashe /smaʃ/ or /smatʃ/ | smashes /smaʃ/ or /smatʃ/ | smashe /smaʃ/ or /smatʃ/ | smashions /sma.ʃjɔ̃/ or /smat.ʃjɔ̃/ | smashiez /sma.ʃje/ or /smat.ʃje/ | smashent /smaʃ/ or /smatʃ/ |
| imperfect2 | smashasse /sma.ʃas/ or /smat.ʃas/ | smashasses /sma.ʃas/ or /smat.ʃas/ | smashât /sma.ʃa/ or /smat.ʃa/ | smashassions /sma.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ or /smat.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ | smashassiez /sma.ʃa.sje/ or /smat.ʃa.sje/ | smashassent /sma.ʃas/ or /smat.ʃas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | smashe /smaʃ/ or /smatʃ/ | — | smashons /sma.ʃɔ̃/ or /smat.ʃɔ̃/ | smashez /sma.ʃe/ or /smat.ʃe/ | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “smasher”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.