smasher

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English

Etymology

From smash +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

Noun

smasher (countable and uncountable, plural smashers)

  1. Something that, or someone who, smashes.
    1. (mining, historical) A person employed to break up waste rock.
  2. (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
  3. (slang, dated) Anything very large or extraordinary; a whopper.
  4. (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.
  5. (UK, slang, obsolete) The counterfeit money itself.

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French

Etymology

Calque of English to smash, from smash +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

Verb

smasher

  1. (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 – tu – nous vous –
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:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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