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smash hit

American  

noun

1. a person or thing that is overwhelmingly successful or popular.

   Both the play and the movie based on it were smash hits.

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smash hit Idioms  

1. An outstanding success, as in She was a smash hit in the role of the governess, or His first book was a smash hit but this one isn't doing well. [c. 1920]

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Usage

What does smash hit mean? A smash hit is a wildly successful piece of media or entertainment, especially songs, movies and TV, and musicals. It’s broadened to refer to anything that’s very popular. How is smash hit pronounced?[ smash hit ]

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Even if Christopher Nolan‘s film adaptation of “The Odyssey” is a smash hit, Matt Damon doesn’t think we’ll see a boom in epics of a similar scale.

From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026

Dolan added that Grammy winner Alicia Keys would sing "Empire State of Mind" -- the smash hit she recorded with Jay-Z in 2009.

From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026

The internet trend that led to A24’s smash hit “Backrooms” has given a visual language to Gen Z’s real-world anxieties.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026

Last year, Breaking Bad star Aaron Paul and Westworld actor Jeffrey Wright appeared in superhero adventure Dispatch, while Daredevil star Charlie Cox was in smash hit Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.

From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2026

In March an oddly appropriate movie had come out and quickly become a smash hit: King Kong.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

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