Meanings
verbshatter the ice (third-person singular simple present shatters the ice, present participle shattering the ice, simple past and past participle shattered the ice)
present singular third person shatters the ice · participle present shattering the ice · participle past shattered the ice · past shattered the ice
- figurativelyidiomaticusuallyTo break the ice in a sudden or dramatic fashion.
Origin
By extension of the metaphor used in break the ice.
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