crash 1 (kr sh)v. crashed, crash·ing, crash·es v.intr.1. a. To break violently or noisily; smash. b. To undergo sudden damage or destruction on impact: Their car crashed into a guardrail. The airplane crashed over the ocean. 2. To make a sudden loud noise: breakers crashing against the rocks. 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. Computer Science 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 go to sleep. v.tr.1. To cause to crash. 2. To dash to pieces; smash. 3. Informal To join or enter (a party, for example) without invitation. n.1. A sudden loud noise, as of an object breaking. 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. Computer Science 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 1. To fail utterly. 2. To fall asleep from exhaustion. 3. To wipe out, as in skateboarding.
[Middle English crasschen; probably akin to crasen, to shatter; see craze.]
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crash Noun 1. a collision involving a vehicle or vehicles 2. a sudden descent of an aircraft as a result of which it crashes 3. a sudden loud noise 4. a breaking and falling to pieces 5. the sudden collapse of a business or stock exchange Verb 1. to cause (a vehicle or aircraft) to collide with another vehicle, the ground, or some other object or (of vehicles or aircraft) to be involved in a collision 2. to make or cause to make a loud smashing noise 3. to drop with force and break into pieces with a loud noise 4. to break or smash into pieces with a loud noise 5. (of a business or stock exchange) to collapse or fail suddenly 6. to move violently or noisily 7. (of a computer system or program) to fail suddenly because of a malfunction 8. Brit & Austral informal to gate-crash Adjective requiring or using great effort in order to achieve results quickly: a crash course [probably Middle English crasen to smash + dasshen to strike]
Crash of rhinoceroses- Lipton, 1970.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms | Noun | 1. |  crash - a loud resonant repeating noise; "he could hear the clang of distant bells"noise - sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound); "he enjoyed the street noises"; "they heard indistinct noises of people talking"; "during the firework display that ended the gala the noise reached 98 decibels" | | 2. | crash - a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles); "they are still investigating the crash of the TWA plane"accident - an unfortunate mishap; especially one causing damage or injury prang - a crash involving a car or plane | | 3. | crash - a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures) | | 4. | crash - the act of colliding with something; "his crash through the window"; "the fullback's smash into the defensive line"hitting, striking, hit - the act of contacting one thing with another; "repeated hitting raised a large bruise"; "after three misses she finally got a hit" | | 5. | crash - (computer science) an event that causes a computer system to become inoperative; "the crash occurred during a thunderstorm and the system has been down ever since"computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures head crash - (computer science) a crash of a read/write head in a hard disk drive (usually caused by contact of the head with the surface of the magnetic disk) | | Verb | 1. | crash - fall or come down violently; "The branch crashed down on my car"; "The plane crashed in the sea"come down, descend, go down, fall - move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again" | | 2. | crash - move with, or as if with, a crashing noise; "The car crashed through the glass door"move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" | | 3. | crash - undergo damage or destruction on impact; "the plane crashed into the ocean"; "The car crashed into the lamp post"clash, collide - crash together with violent impact; "The cars collided"; "Two meteors clashed" | | 4. | crash - move violently as through a barrier; "The terrorists crashed the gate"go across, pass, go through - go across or through; "We passed the point where the police car had parked"; "A terrible thought went through his mind" | | 5. | crash - break violently or noisily; smash;disintegrate - break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity; "The material disintegrated"; "the group disintegrated after the leader died" crash - cause to crash; "The terrorists crashed the plane into the palace"; "Mother crashed the motorbike into the lamppost" | | 6. | crash - occupy, usually uninvited; "My son's friends crashed our house last weekend"lodge in, occupy, reside - live (in a certain place); "She resides in Princeton"; "he occupies two rooms on the top floor" | | 7. | crash - make a sudden loud sound; "the waves crashed on the shore and kept us awake all night"sound, go - make a certain noise or sound; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'" | | 8. | crash - enter uninvited; informal; "let's crash the party!"intrude, irrupt - enter uninvited; "They intruded on our dinner party"; "She irrupted into our sitting room" | | 9. | crash - cause to crash; "The terrorists crashed the plane into the palace"; "Mother crashed the motorbike into the lamppost"wrap - crash into so as to coil around; "The teenager wrapped his car around the fire hydrant" collide - cause to collide; "The physicists collided the particles" ditch - crash or crash-land; "ditch a car"; "ditch a plane" | | 10. | crash - hurl or thrust violently; "He dashed the plate against the wall"; "Waves were dashing against the rock" | | 11. | crash - undergo a sudden and severe downturn; "the economy crashed"; "will the stock market crash again?"change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" | | 12. | crash - stop operating; "My computer crashed last night"; "The system goes down at least once a week"conk out, go bad, break down, die, fail, give out, give way, break, go - stop operating or functioning; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident" | | 13. | crash - sleep in a convenient place; "You can crash here, though it's not very comfortable" |
crash noun 2. smash, clash, boom, smashing, bang, thunder, thump, racket, din, clatter, clattering, thud, clang  Translations
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crash [kræʃ] n (noise) → estrépito; [of cars, plane] → accidente m [of business] → quiebra;
crash [kræʃ] n (= noise) → fracas m [of car, plane]; collision f [of business]; faillite f;
crash [kræʃ] n (noise) → Krachen nt;
crash [kræʃ] n → fragore m [of car] → incidente m [of plane] → caduta; [of business] → fallimento;
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