crasher

crash ¹

 (krăsh)

v. crashed, crash·ing, crash·es

v.intr.

1.

a. To break violently or noisily; smash: The dishes crashed to pieces on the floor.

b. To undergo sudden damage or destruction on impact: The car crashed into a tree.

2. To make a sudden loud noise: The cymbals crash at the end of each measure.

3. To move noisily or so as to cause damage: went crashing through the woods.

4. To undergo a sudden severe downturn, as a market or economy.

5. Computers To stop functioning due to a crash.

6. Slang To undergo a period of unpleasant feeling or depression as an aftereffect of drug-taking.

7. Slang

a. To find temporary lodging or shelter, as for the night.

b. To fall asleep from exhaustion.

v.tr.

1. To cause to crash: crashed the truck into the signpost.

2. To dash to pieces; smash: crashed the ice with a sledgehammer.

3. Informal To join or enter (a party, for example) without invitation.

n.

1. A sudden loud noise, as of an object breaking: She looked up when she heard the crash outside.

2.

a. A smashing to pieces.

b. A collision, as between two automobiles. See Synonyms at collision.

3. A sudden severe downturn: a market crash; a population crash.

4. Computers

a. A sudden failure of a hard drive caused by damaging contact between the head and the storage surface, often resulting in the loss of data on the drive.

b. A sudden failure of a program or operating system, usually without serious consequences.

5. Slang Mental depression after drug-taking.

adj. Informal

Of or characterized by an intensive effort to produce or accomplish: a crash course on income-tax preparation; a crash diet.

Idiom:

crash and burn Slang

To fail utterly.

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[Middle English crasschen; probably akin to crasen, to shatter; see craze.]

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crash′er n.

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crash ²

 (krăsh)

n.

1. A coarse, light, unevenly woven fabric of cotton or linen, used for towels and curtains.

2. Starched reinforced fabric used to strengthen a book binding or the spine of a bound book.

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[From Russian krashenina, colored linen, from krashenie, coloring, from krasit', to color; see ker- in Indo-European roots.]

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

crasher - someone who gets in (to a party) without an invitation or without paying gatecrasher, unwelcome guest interloper, intruder, trespasser - someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permission

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