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crashing

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crash·ing  (krshng)
adj.
Total; absolute: a crashing bore.
crashing [ˈkræʃɪŋ]
adj
(prenominal) Informal (intensifier) (esp in the phrase a crashing bore)
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Adj.1.crashing - informal intensifiers; "what a bally (or blinking) nuisance"; "a bloody fool"; "a crashing bore"; "you flaming idiot"
bally, blooming, flaming, fucking, blinking, bloody
unmitigated - not diminished or moderated in intensity or severity; sometimes used as an intensifier; "unmitigated suffering"; "an unmitigated horror"; "an unmitigated lie"
Translations
crashing (o.f.) [ˈkræʃɪŋ] ADJ a crashing bore → una paliza, un muermo
crashing
adj (dated inf) he’s/it’s a crashing bore → er/es ist fürchterlich or zum Einschlafen langweilig (inf)
crashing [ˈkræʃɪŋ] adj (fam) (old) it's/he's a crashing bore → è tremendamente noioso, è di una noia mortale
crashing [ˈkræʃɪŋ] adj (fam) (old) it's/he's a crashing bore → è tremendamente noioso, è di una noia mortale


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One day the Countrymen noticed that the Mountains were in labour; smoke came out of their summits, the earth was quaking at their feet, trees were crashing, and huge rocks were tumbling.
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This necessitated frequent tacks, so that, overhead, the mainsail was ever swooping across from port tack to starboard tack and back again, making air- noises like the swish of wings, sharply rat-tat-tatting its reef points and loudly crashing its mainsheet gear along the traveller.
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