# smashing

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈsmæʃɪŋ/ · frequency rank #11,967

## Definitions
1. Serving to smash (something).
2. Wonderful, very good or impressive.

## Etymology
From smash + -ing. As a synonym for wonderful, the term first appeared in the United States in the early twentieth century, and possibly derives from the sense of smash used in smash hit and similar terms. Popular folk etymology connects the term to the broadly homophonous Irish is maith sin or Scottish Gaelic 's math sin ("that is good"), but this has been described as "improbable", and does not appear in the etymological dictionaries.

## Easily confused with
- **splashing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smashing-vs-splashing)
- **slashing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slashing-vs-smashing)
- **smacking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smacking-vs-smashing)
- **scathing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scathing-vs-smashing)

## Common misspellings (13)
`msashing`, `samshing`, `smahsing`, `smashhing`, `smashign`, `smashingg`, `smashinng`, `smashnig`, `smasihng`, `smasshing`, `smmashing`, `smsahing`, `ssmashing`

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