crash
verb
- collide accidentally
- to break, undergo damage, possibly producing a characteristic sound, possibly resulting in a sound
- to enter uninvited, invite oneself in
- fall asleep heavily, maybe someplace other than home
noun
- abnormal stop in program execution
- accidental collision
- rapid decline in value
- to enter uninvited, invite oneself in
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈkɹæʃ/ / [ˈkʰɹʷæʃ]
adj
Etymology: From Middle English crasshen, crasschen, craschen (“to break into pieces”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from a variant of earlier *crasken, from crasen (“to break”) + -k (formative suffix); or from earlier *craskien, *craksien, a variant of craken (“to crack, break open”) (for form development compare break, brask, brash).
- Quick, fast, intensive, impromptu.
“crash course”
“crash diet”
noun
Etymology: Uncertain; perhaps compare Russian крашени́на (krašenína, “coarse linen”).
- A type of rough linen.
“The yearly allowance of clothing on this plantation, consisted of two tow-linen shirts—such linen as the coarsest crash towels are made of[…]”
“Unlocking the door of her bath-room she went inside, and soon emerged, bringing a rug, which she spread upon the floor of the gallery, and two huge hair pillows covered with crash, which she placed against the front of the building.”
verb
Etymology: From Middle English crasshen, crasschen, craschen (“to break into pieces”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from a variant of earlier *crasken, from crasen (“to break”) + -k (formative suffix); or from earlier *craskien, *craksien, a variant of craken (“to crack, break open”) (for form development compare break, brask, brash).
- To collide with something destructively; to fall or come down violently.
“When the car crashed into a house, the driver was heavily injured.”
“After driving into a tree last week, grandpa's crashed into a deer this morning.”
- To cause something to collide with something else, especially when this results in damage.
“I'm sorry for crashing the bike into a wall. I'll pay for repairs.”
- To hit or strike with force.
“Roy Hodgson's side were dominant and fully merited the lead given to them when Eric Dier crashed a 20-yard free-kick high past keeper Igor Akinfeev with 17 minutes left.”
“Even the staid New York Times was gushing: “Rising to the glorious heights of his heyday, Babe Ruth, the Sultan of Swat, crashed out three home runs against the Pittsburgh Pirates Saturday afternoon but it was not enough."”
- To make a sudden loud noise.
“Thunder crashed directly overhead.”
- Ellipsis of gatecrash.
“We weren't invited to the party so we decided to crash it.”
“Friday night I crashed your party Saturday I said, "I'm sorry" Sunday came and trashed me out again”
- To accelerate a project or a task or its schedule by devoting more resources to it.
“Using the project plan, the team started to work out different scenarios to crash the schedule and bring the date to the regulatory deadline.”
- To make or experience informal temporary living arrangements, especially overnight.
“Hey dude, can I crash at your pad?”
“Then before you know it you’ve missed the last train back and you’re crashing on the sofa.”
- To give, as a favor.
“'I been pissin' blood,' he said, grinning. Then frowning. 'Crash us a tenner, eh?'”
“Crash us a cancer stick, Fitz: I could bloody murder a fag, as I delight in telling Americans”
- To lie down for a long rest, sleep or nap, as from tiredness or exhaustion.
- To experience a period of depression and/or lethargy after a period of euphoria, as after the euphoric effect of a psychotropic drug has dissipated.
“Falling from cloud nine / Crashing from the high / I'm letting go tonight / Yeah, I'm falling from cloud nine”
- To terminate or halt execution due to an exception.
“If the system crashes again, we'll have it fixed in the computer shop.”
- To cause an exception that terminates or halts execution.
“Double-clicking this icon crashes the desktop.”
- To take a sudden and severe turn for the worse; to rapidly and catastrophically deteriorate.
“And the unvarying lesson of history is that all such balance of power peaces have crashed into new conflicts, as soon as the unstable equilibrium was disturbed, witness the Peace of Westphalia, the Congress of Vienna, and, in our own time, Versailles.”
“In October 1929, the United States' stock market crashed, at the end of a buoyant decade in its domestic economy.”
- To take a subject at higher level without having previously studied it.
“Joe's crashing Higher Physics, even after I told him it was a bad idea.”