Noun

• S: (n) knock, bash, bang, smash, belt (a vigorous blow) "the sudden knock floored him"; "he took a bash right in his face"; "he got a bang on the head"
• S: (n) smash, smash-up (a serious collision (especially of motor vehicles))
• S: (n) overhead, smash (a hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) return (a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player) "he won the point on a cross-court return"
• S: (n) tennis stroke, tennis shot (the act of hitting a tennis ball with a tennis racket)
• S: (n) stroke, shot ((sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand) "it took two strokes to get out of the bunker"; "a good shot requires good balance and tempo"; "he left me an almost impossible shot"
• S: (n) maneuver, manoeuvre, play (a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill) "he made a great maneuver"; "the runner was out on a play by the shortstop"
• S: (n) motion, movement, move (the act of changing location from one place to another) "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path"
• S: (n) change (the action of changing something) "the change of government had no impact on the economy"; "his change on abortion cost him the election"
• S: (n) action (something done (usually as opposed to something said)) "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions"
• S: (n) act, deed, human action, human activity (something that people do or cause to happen)
• S: (n) event (something that happens at a given place and time)
• S: (n) psychological feature (a feature of the mental life of a living organism)
• S: (n) abstraction, abstract entity (a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples)
• S: (n) entity (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))
• derivationally related form
• S: (n) crash, smash (the act of colliding with something) "his crash through the window"; "the fullback's smash into the defensive line"
• S: (n) hit, smash, smasher, strike, bang (a conspicuous success) "that song was his first hit and marked the beginning of his career"; "that new Broadway show is a real smasher"; "the party went with a bang"

Verb

• S: (v) smash, nail, boom, blast (hit hard) "He smashed a 3-run homer"
• S: (v) smash, dash (break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over) "Smash a plate"
• S: (v) bankrupt, ruin, break, smash (reduce to bankruptcy) "My daughter's fancy wedding is going to break me!"; "The slump in the financial markets smashed him"
• S: (v) smash (hit violently) "She smashed her car against the guard rail"
• S: (v) crush, smash (humiliate or depress completely) "She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation"; "The death of her son smashed her"
• S: (v) bang up, smash up, smash (damage or destroy as if by violence) "The teenager banged up the car of his mother"
• S: (v) smash (hit (a tennis ball) in a powerful overhead stroke)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (v) hit (cause to move by striking) "hit a ball"
• S: (v) play (shoot or hit in a particular manner) "She played a good backhand last night"
• S: (v) foul (hit a foul ball)
• S: (v) cannon (make a cannon)
• S: (v) clap (strike together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise) "clap two boards together"
• S: (v) ground out (make an out by hitting the ball on the ground)
• S: (v) toe (drive (a golf ball) with the toe of the club)
• S: (v) shank (hit (a golf ball) with the heel of a club, causing the ball to veer in the wrong direction)
• S: (v) pitch (hit (a golf ball) in a high arc with a backspin)
• S: (v) fly (hit a fly)
• S: (v) snap (put in play with a snap) "snap a football"
• S: (v) whang (propel or hit with force) "whang the ball"
• S: (v) undercut (strike (the ball) in golf, tennis, or hockey obliquely downward so as to give a backspin or elevation to the shot)
• S: (v) putt (strike (a golf ball) lightly, with a putter) "he putted the ball several feet past the hole"
• S: (v) heel (strike with the heel of the club) "heel a golf ball"
• S: (v) toe (hit (a golf ball) with the toe of the club)
• S: (v) bunker (hit a golf ball into a bunker)
• S: (v) bounce (hit something so that it bounces) "bounce a ball"
• S: (v) backhand (hit a tennis ball backhand)
• S: (v) pop (hit a pop-fly) "He popped out to shortstop"
• S: (v) follow through (carry a stroke to natural completion after hitting or releasing a ball)
• S: (v) shell (hit the pitches of hard and regularly) "He shelled the pitcher for eight runs in the first inning"
• S: (v) ground (hit onto the ground)
• S: (v) ground (hit a groundball) "he grounded to the second baseman"
• S: (v) top (strike (the top part of a ball in golf, baseball, or pool) giving it a forward spin)
• S: (v) pull (hit in the direction that the player is facing when carrying through the swing) "pull the ball"
• S: (v) kill (hit with great force) "He killed the ball"
• S: (v) kill (hit with so much force as to make a return impossible, in racket games) "She killed the ball"
• S: (v) connect (hit or play a ball successfully) "The batter connected for a home run"
• S: (v) drive (hit very hard, as by swinging a bat horizontally) "drive a ball"
• S: (v) drive (strike with a driver, as in teeing off) "drive a golf ball"
• S: (v) hole, hole out (hit the ball into the hole)
• S: (v) bunt, drag a bunt (hit a ball in such a way so as to make it go a short distance)
• S: (v) snick (hit a glancing blow with the edge of the bat)
• S: (v) racket (hit (a ball) with a racket)
• S: (v) dribble, carry (propel) "Carry the ball"; "dribble the ball"
• S: (v) slice (hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels in a different direction)
• S: (v) hook (hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left)
• S: (v) single (hit a single) "the batter singled to left field"
• S: (v) double (hit a two-base hit)
• S: (v) triple (hit a three-base hit)
• S: (v) smash (hit (a tennis ball) in a powerful overhead stroke)
• S: (v) shoot (throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective) "shoot craps"; "shoot a golf ball"
• S: (v) volley (hit before it touches the ground) "volley the tennis ball"
• S: (v) croquet (drive away by hitting with one's ball) "croquet the opponent's ball"
• S: (v) loft (kick or strike high in the air) "loft a ball"
• derivationally related form
• sentence frame
• S: (v) smash (collide or strike violently and suddenly) "The motorcycle smashed into the guard rail"
• S: (v) smash (overthrow or destroy (something considered evil or harmful)) "The police smashed the drug ring after they were tipped off"
• S: (v) smash (break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow) "The window smashed"
• verb group
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• sentence frame

Adverb

• S: (adv) smash, smashingly (with a loud crash) "the car went smash through the fence"