Meaning of "smash-up" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF SMASH-UP

smash-up

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SMASH-UP

Smash-Up is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb smash-up in English.

WHAT DOES SMASH-UP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Traffic collision

A traffic collision, also known as a traffic accident, motor vehicle collision, motor vehicle accident, car accident, automobile accident, road traffic collision, road traffic accident, wreck, car crash, or car smash occurs when a vehicle collides with another vehicle, pedestrian, animal, road debris, or other stationary obstruction, such as a tree or utility pole. Traffic collisions may result in injury, death, vehicle damage, and property damage. A number of factors contribute to the risk of collision, including vehicle design, speed of operation, road design, road environment, driver skill and/or impairment, and driver behaviour. Worldwide, motor vehicle collisions lead to death and disability as well as financial costs to both society and the individuals involved.

Definition of smash-up in the English dictionary

The definition of smash-up in the dictionary is a bad collision, esp of cars. Other definition of smash-up is to damage to the point of complete destruction.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SMASH-UP

PRESENT

Present

I smash-up

you smash-up

he/she/it smash-ups

we smash-up

you smash-up

they smash-up

Present continuous

I am smash-uping

you are smash-uping

he/she/it is smash-uping

we are smash-uping

you are smash-uping

they are smash-uping

Present perfect

I have smash-uped

you have smash-uped

he/she/it has smash-uped

we have smash-uped

you have smash-uped

they have smash-uped

Present perfect continuous

I have been smash-uping

you have been smash-uping

he/she/it has been smash-uping

we have been smash-uping

you have been smash-uping

they have been smash-uping

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I smash-uped

you smash-uped

he/she/it smash-uped

we smash-uped

you smash-uped

they smash-uped

Past continuous

I was smash-uping

you were smash-uping

he/she/it was smash-uping

we were smash-uping

you were smash-uping

they were smash-uping

Past perfect

I had smash-uped

you had smash-uped

he/she/it had smash-uped

we had smash-uped

you had smash-uped

they had smash-uped

Past perfect continuous

I had been smash-uping

you had been smash-uping

he/she/it had been smash-uping

we had been smash-uping

you had been smash-uping

they had been smash-uping

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will smash-up

you will smash-up

he/she/it will smash-up

we will smash-up

you will smash-up

they will smash-up

Future continuous

I will be smash-uping

you will be smash-uping

he/she/it will be smash-uping

we will be smash-uping

you will be smash-uping

they will be smash-uping

Future perfect

I will have smash-uped

you will have smash-uped

he/she/it will have smash-uped

we will have smash-uped

you will have smash-uped

they will have smash-uped

Future perfect continuous

I will have been smash-uping

you will have been smash-uping

he/she/it will have been smash-uping

we will have been smash-uping

you will have been smash-uping

they will have been smash-uping

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would smash-up

you would smash-up

he/she/it would smash-up

we would smash-up

you would smash-up

they would smash-up

Conditional continuous

I would be smash-uping

you would be smash-uping

he/she/it would be smash-uping

we would be smash-uping

you would be smash-uping

they would be smash-uping

Conditional perfect

I would have smash-up

you would have smash-up

he/she/it would have smash-up

we would have smash-up

you would have smash-up

they would have smash-up

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been smash-uping

you would have been smash-uping

he/she/it would have been smash-uping

we would have been smash-uping

you would have been smash-uping

they would have been smash-uping

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you smash-up
we let´s smash-up
you smash-up

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to smash-up

Past participle

smash-uped

Present Participle

smash-uping

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

TRANSLATION OF SMASH-UP

Find out the translation of smash-up to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of smash-up from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «smash-up» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 粉碎式
• Translator English - Spanish: aplastar -up
• English: smash-up
• Translator English - Hindi: तोड़ अप
• Translator English - Arabic: سحق المتابعة
• Translator English - Russian: разбить - до
• Translator English - Portuguese: smash- up
• Translator English - Bengali: সম্পূর্ণ ধ্বংস
• Translator English - French: télescopage
• Translator English - Malay: Smash-up
• Translator English - German: Karambolage
• Translator English - Japanese: スマッシュアップ
• Translator English - Korean: 분쇄 업
• Translator English - Javanese: Smash-up
• Translator English - Vietnamese: đập -up
• Translator English - Tamil: நொறுக்கும் அப்
• Translator English - Marathi: स्मॅश-अप
• Translator English - Turkish: mahvetmek
• Translator English - Italian: scontro
• Translator English - Polish: smash -up
• Translator English - Ukrainian: розбити -до
• Translator English - Romanian: sparge - up
• Translator English - Greek: smash - up
• Translator English - Afrikaans: smash -up
• Translator English - Swedish: smash -up
• Translator English - Norwegian: smash -up

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SMASH-UP»

Discover the use of smash-up in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to smash-up and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

The Smash-Up Crash-Up Derby

While visiting the fair, a child describes the most exciting event -- the demolition derby and its surprise winner.

Tres Seymour, 1995

The Farmer's Magazine Volume the Twenty-Fourth

Even granting that some of the oldest of the old school had fallen asleep, and had only just now awoke from a brilliant dream that the smash-up plough of Virgil was perfection itself, they could hardly rub their eyes and examine the modern ...

Farmers' Alliance, 1863

The Farmer's Magazine

Even granting that some of the oldest of the old school had fallen asleep, and had only just now awoke from a brilliant dream that the smash-up plough of Virgil was perfection itself, they could hardly rub their eyes and examine the modern ...

‎1863

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2 [C] the sound of something smashing against something: The cars collided with a loud smash. accidentk 3 [C] a smash-up tennisk 4 [C] (in tennis) a powerful downward hit which sends the ball forcefully over the net successful film/songk 5  ...

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Resistance to New Technology: Nuclear Power, Information ...

Thus, from one of the early favourites of 1914, Oh the little old ford just rambled right along Oh the little old ford just rambled right along The gas burned down in the big machine but the darn little Ford don't need gasoline smash up the body ...

Martin Bauer, 1997

Susan Hayward: Her Films and Life

18 Smash-Up received two Academy Award nominations: Hayward for Best Actress and Dorothy Parker and Cavett for Original Story. Loretta Young won for The Farmer's Daughter. Dorothy McGuire (Gentleman's Agreement), Joan Crawford ...

Kim R. Holston, 2002

Using Spanish Synonyms

... el plato se cay ́o al suelo y se hizo pedazos se me hizo bolsa el jarr ́on descuajaringar 1 to smash up (often suggests el ni ̃no dej ́o 1 236 destrozar. romper to break (used literally and 2 figuratively; often used reflexively) torpedear to torpedo ...

R. E. Batchelor, 2006

Chambers Pocket Dictionary

adj smart-alecky, smarten v -n- (tr & intr; up) to make or ' become smarter; to brighten (up). smash v 1 (tr & intr; up) to break violently into pieces; to destroy or be destroyed in this way. o See also smash-up below. 2 (tr & intr) to strike with ...

Elaine Higgleton, Howard Sargeant, Anne Seaton, 1992

Hollywood Shot by Shot: Alcoholism in American Cinema

In this chapter I explore these themes, giving primary attention to two films, Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman, and I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955). The first of these two films offers a psychoanalytic-medical treatment for alcoholism, while the second ...

Norman K. Denzin, 1991

The Secret Places of the Heart:

The public won't stand things it used to stand. It's a new public. It's—wild. It'll smash up the show if they go too far. Everything short and running shorter—food, fuel, material. But these people go on. They go on as though nothing had changed.

H. G. Wells

6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SMASH-UP»

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Feisty and Adorable: 'Powerpuff Girls Super Smash-Up' #4 Exclusive …

In Super Smash-Up, it's been about the Girls navigating other worlds to solve a problem — something new and different even for long-time fans of the characters, ... «ComicsAlliance, Apr 15»

Three killed in West Berbice smash-up

At about 0045h today, police say that Devon Pydana, 28 years, of Stanleytown, New Amsterdam, Berbice, was allegedly driving a motor car at a fast rate along ... «Stabroek News, Mar 15»

Derek Charm On IDW's 'Powerpuff Girls Super Smash-Up,' The New …

Following on the success of Super Secret Crisis War, the Cartoon Network crossover event, IDW has announced Powerpuff Girls Super Smash-Up, a new ... «ComicsAlliance, Oct 14»

Asteroid smash-up captured by NASA telescope

Astronomers at the University of Arizona wanted details of such a smash-up and decided to set the Spitzer's infrared eyes on the star NGC 2547-ID8, thought to ... «CBC.ca, Aug 14»

Moon Rocks Reveal Evidence of Primordial Smash-Up

Lunar rocks brought back by the Apollo astronauts more than 40 years ago contain evidence of a Mars-sized planet that scientists believe crashed into Earth and ... «NBCNews.com, Jun 14»

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Smash-Up Review - IGN

TMNT Smash-Up does nothing to hide from its inspiration: everything about this game is Smash Bros., from the way you select your characters to the way the ... «IGN, Sep 09»