# smash

> English word · Noun · IPA /smæʃ/ · frequency rank #6,185

## Definitions
1. The sound of a violent impact; a violent striking together.
2. A traffic collision.
3. Something very successful or popular (as music, food, fashion, etc).
4. A very hard overhead shot hit sharply downward.
5. A bankruptcy.
6. A disaster; a bad situation.
7. A mashed foodstuff.
8. A kind of julep cocktail containing chunks of fresh fruit that can be eaten after finishing the drink.
9. Airspeed; dynamic pressure.
10. Destruction.

## Etymology
Uncertain, probably of onomatopoeic origin. Compare Swedish smask (“to smack with the lips”), dialectal Swedish smaska (“to smack, kiss”), Danish smaske (“to smack with the lips”), Low German smaksen (“to smack with the lips, kiss”).

## Easily confused with
- **SMS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smash-vs-sms)
- **SMH** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smash-vs-smh)
- **ssh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smash-vs-ssh)
- **spas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smash-vs-spas)
- **smith** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smash-vs-smith)
- **stash** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smash-vs-stash)
- **Smyth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smash-vs-smyth)
- **swish** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smash-vs-swish)
- **spasm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smash-vs-spasm)
- **swath** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smash-vs-swath)
- **Stasi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smash-vs-stasi)
- **staph** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smash-vs-staph)
- **splash** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smash-vs-splash)
- **squash** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smash-vs-squash)
- **smashed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smash-vs-smashed)
- **SAS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sas-vs-smash)
- **SMA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sma-vs-smash)
- **seas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seas-vs-smash)
- **shah** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shah-vs-smash)
- **sash** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sash-vs-smash)

## Common misspellings (8)
`msash`, `samsh`, `smahs`, `smashh`, `smassh`, `smmash`, `smsah`, `ssmash`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/smash