smithereens
[ smith-uh-reenz ]
/ ˌsmɪð əˈrinz /
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plural noun
small pieces; bits: broken into smithereens.
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Also smith·ers [smith-erz]. /ˈsmɪð ərz/.
Origin of smithereens
1820–30; dial. smithers (< ?) + Hiberno-English -een diminutive suffix (<Irish -ín)
Words nearby smithereens
smitch, smite, smith, Smith, Adam, Smith, Captain John, smithereens, smithery, Smithfield, Smithfield ham, Smith Island, Smith, Joseph
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British Dictionary definitions for smithereens
smithereens
/ (ˌsmɪðəˈriːnz) /
pl n
little shattered pieces or fragments
Word Origin for smithereens
C19: from Irish Gaelic smidirīn, from smiodar
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