Definition of crash Crash

/kɹæˈʃ/ - [kratsh] - crash

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Noun

Plural: crashes

crash - a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)
  collapse
  happening, natural event, occurrent, occurrence an event that happens
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"
  misadventure, mischance, mishap an instance of misfortune
  computer science, computing the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures
crash - the act of colliding with something; "his crash through the window"; "the fullback's smash into the defensive line"
  smash
  hitting, striking, hit (baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball); "he came all the way around on Williams' hit"
crash - a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles); "they are still investigating the crash of the TWA plane"
  wreck
  accident anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause; "winning the lottery was a happy accident"; "the pregnancy was a stroke of bad luck"; "it was due to an accident or fortuity"
crash - a loud resonant repeating noise; "he could hear the clang of distant bells"
  clang, clangor, clangour, clangoring, clank, clash
  noise incomprehensibility resulting from irrelevant information or meaningless facts or remarks; "all the noise in his speech concealed the fact that he didn't have anything to say"

Verb

crashes, crashing, crashed  

crash - cause to crash; "The terrorists crashed the plane into the palace"; "Mother crashed the motorbike into the lamppost"
  break apart, crash, break up stop operating; "My computer crashed last night"; "The system goes down at least once a week"
  break apart, crash, break up stop operating; "My computer crashed last night"; "The system goes down at least once a week"
  collide crash together with violent impact; "The cars collided"; "Two meteors clashed"
  wrap arrange or fold as a cover or protection; "wrap the baby before taking her out"; "Wrap the present"
  prang crash
  ditch crash or crash-land; "ditch a car"; "ditch a plane"
crash - undergo damage or destruction on impact; "the plane crashed into the ocean"; "The car crashed into the lamp post"
  ram
  clash, collide disagree violently; "We clashed over the new farm policies"
crash - stop operating; "My computer crashed last night"; "The system goes down at least once a week"
  go down
  conk out, go bad, give out, give way, break down, die, fail, go, break end resistance, as under pressure or force; "The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram"
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"
crash - break violently or noisily; smash;
  break up, break apart
  disintegrate break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity; "The material disintegrated"; "the group disintegrated after the leader died"
  crash stop operating; "My computer crashed last night"; "The system goes down at least once a week"
crash - move with, or as if with, a crashing noise; "The car crashed through the glass door"
  move go or proceed from one point to another; "the debate moved from family values to the economy"
crash - hurl or thrust violently; "He dashed the plate against the wall"; "Waves were dashing against the rock"
  dash
  hurl, hurtle, cast utter with force; utter vehemently; "hurl insults"; "throw accusations at someone"
crash - fall or come down violently; "The branch crashed down on my car"; "The plane crashed in the sea"
  descend, come down, 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"
crash - move violently as through a barrier; "The terrorists crashed the gate"
  go across, go through, pass travel past; "The sports car passed all the trucks"
crash - make a sudden loud sound; "the waves crashed on the shore and kept us awake all night"
  sound, go appear in a certain way; "This sounds interesting"
crash - occupy, usually uninvited; "My son's friends crashed our house last weekend"
  lodge in, reside, occupy make one's home in a particular place or community; "may parents reside in Florida"
crash - enter uninvited; informal; "let's crash the party!"
  barge in, gate-crash
  irrupt, intrude thrust oneself in as if by force; "The colors don't intrude on the viewer"
crash - sleep in a convenient place; "You can crash here, though it's not very comfortable"
  doss, doss down
  bed down, bunk down go to bed; "We bedded down at midnight"
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • crash (Noun)
    An automobile, airplane, or other vehicle accident.
  • crash (Noun)
    A computer malfunction that is caused by faulty software, and makes the system either partially or totally inoperable.
  • crash (Noun)
    A loud sound as made for example by cymbals.
  • crash (Noun)
    A sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks.
  • crash (Noun)
    A comedown of a drug.
  • crash (Noun)
    A group of rhinoceroses.
  • crash (Noun)
    dysphoria.
  • crash (Noun)
    Plain linen.
  • crash (Verb)
    To collide with something destructively, fall or come down violently.
  • crash (Verb)
    To severely damage or destroy something by causing it to collide with something else.
  • crash (Verb)
    Via gatecrash To attend a social event without invitation.
  • crash (Verb)
    To accelerate a project or a task or its schedule by devoting more resources to it.
  • crash (Verb)
    To make or experience informal temporary living arrangements.
  • crash (Verb)
    To terminate extraordinarily.
  • crash (Verb)
    To cause to terminate extraordinarily.
  • crash (Verb)
    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.
  • crash (Adjective)
    quick, fast, intensive.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • crash (v. t. )
    To break in pieces violently; to dash together with noise and violence.
  • crash (v. i.)
    To make a loud, clattering sound, as of many things falling and breaking at once; to break in pieces with a harsh noise.
  • crash (v. i.)
    To break with violence and noise; as, the chimney in falling crashed through the roof.
  • crash (n.)
    A loud, sudden, confused sound, as of many things falling and breaking at once.
  • crash (n.)
    Ruin; failure; sudden breaking down, as of a business house or a commercial enterprise.
  • crash (n.)
    Coarse, heavy, narrow linen cloth, used esp. for towels.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • crash
    The occurrence when two object forcefully impact on each other.
  • crash
    A computer malfunction that makes the system either partially or totally inoperable.
  • crash
    Sudden dramatic decline of stock prices at stock markets.
  • crash
    To collide with something destructively, fall or come down violently.
  • crash
    To attend a social event without invitation.
  • crash
    To undergo damage or destruction on impact.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • crash
    krash, n. a noise as of things breaking or being crushed by falling; the shock of two bodies meeting: the failure of a commercial undertaking.—v.i. to fall to pieces with a loud noise: to move with such a noise.—v.t. to dash in pieces. [From the sound.]
  • crash
    krash, n. a coarse strong linen

Part of speech

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  • crash, verb, present, 1st person singular of crash (infinitive).
  • crash, verb (infinitive).
  • crash, noun, singular of crashes.
  • crash, adjective, not comparable.

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