What part of speech is crashing?

Crashing can be categorized as a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. crashing is a verb, gerund of crash (infinitive).

Inflections

Verb

What does crashing mean?

Definitions

Adjective

crashing - informal intensifiers; "what a bally (or blinking) nuisance"; "a bloody fool"; "a crashing bore"; "you flaming idiot"

Verb

crash - cause to crash; "The terrorists crashed the plane into the palace"; "Mother crashed the motorbike into the lamppost"
crash - undergo damage or destruction on impact; "the plane crashed into the ocean"; "The car crashed into the lamp post"
crash - stop operating; "My computer crashed last night"; "The system goes down at least once a week"
crash - undergo a sudden and severe downturn; "the economy crashed"; "will the stock market crash again?"
crash - break violently or noisily; smash;
crash - move with, or as if with, a crashing noise; "The car crashed through the glass door"
crash - hurl or thrust violently; "He dashed the plate against the wall"; "Waves were dashing against the rock"
crash - fall or come down violently; "The branch crashed down on my car"; "The plane crashed in the sea"
crash - move violently as through a barrier; "The terrorists crashed the gate"
crash - make a sudden loud sound; "the waves crashed on the shore and kept us awake all night"
crash - occupy, usually uninvited; "My son's friends crashed our house last weekend"
crash - enter uninvited; informal; "let's crash the party!"
crash - sleep in a convenient place; "You can crash here, though it's not very comfortable"

Noun

crashing - The noise of many things falling and breaking at once.

Examples of crashing

#   Sentence  
1. adj. A crashing bore.
2. verb State police spokeswoman Janet Welp says the truck wound up crashing into a bridge railing along Interstate 30.
3. verb I heard something crashing in the kitchen in the middle of the night.
4. verb He grimaced as if memories of his bitter past were crashing like waves inside his head.
5. verb Crashing on my futon, I turn on the television, anticipating my favourite show.
6. verb He did not die in the collision. Actually, he had a heart attack before crashing.
7. verb Tom barely avoided crashing into Mary's car.
8. verb I am afraid of crashing into a truck like that.
9. verb The inexorable force of the waves crashing against the shore over millenia, caused a huge section of the headland to fall into the sea.
10. verb Tom's father is a brilliant actor, but in real life he's a crashing bore.
11. verb I found out why my computer keeps crashing.
12. verb Tom had his licence suspended on the spot after crashing his car into an unmarked police car.
13. verb Like a house of cards, Tom's dreams and plans came crashing down around him.
14. verb Tom's computer keeps crashing.
15. verb Tom listened to the sound of the waves crashing on the beach.
16. verb We no longer need to fear arguments, confrontations or any kind of problems with ourselves or others. Even stars collide, and out of their crashing new worlds are born. Today I know “THAT IS LIFE”!
Sentence  
adj.
A crashing bore.
verb
State police spokeswoman Janet Welp says the truck wound up crashing into a bridge railing along Interstate 30.
I heard something crashing in the kitchen in the middle of the night.
He grimaced as if memories of his bitter past were crashing like waves inside his head.
Crashing on my futon, I turn on the television, anticipating my favourite show.
He did not die in the collision. Actually, he had a heart attack before crashing.
Tom barely avoided crashing into Mary's car.
I am afraid of crashing into a truck like that.
The inexorable force of the waves crashing against the shore over millenia, caused a huge section of the headland to fall into the sea.
Tom's father is a brilliant actor, but in real life he's a crashing bore.
I found out why my computer keeps crashing.
Tom had his licence suspended on the spot after crashing his car into an unmarked police car.
Like a house of cards, Tom's dreams and plans came crashing down around him.
Tom's computer keeps crashing.
Tom listened to the sound of the waves crashing on the beach.
We no longer need to fear arguments, confrontations or any kind of problems with ourselves or others. Even stars collide, and out of their crashing new worlds are born. Today I know “THAT IS LIFE”!

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