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crash¹
- /ˈkɹæʃ/
- [ˈkʰɹʷæʃ]
Rhymes with -æʃ
Where it comes from
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).
noun crashes
- A sudden, intense, loud sound, as made for example by cymbals. The piece ended in a crescendo, building up to a crash of cymbals.
- An automobile, airplane, or other vehicle accident. She broke two bones in her body in a car crash.
- A malfunction of computer software or hardware which causes it to shut down or become partially or totally inoperable. My computer had a crash so I had to reboot it.
- A sudden large decline in the value of money, stocks or other assets, etc., especially one that causes additional economic difficulties. the stock market crash
- A comedown from a drug.
- A group of rhinoceroses. One of my favorites among the terms of groups of creatures is a crash of rhinoceros. I can imagine an African guide saying to his client, “Shoot, dammit, shoot! Here comes the whole bloody crash of rhinoceros!” […] Personally, I think I’d just as soon come across a crash of rhinoceros as a knot of t
- A sudden decline in any living form's population levels, often leading to extinction.
- tarlatan, mull.
adjective
- Quick, fast, intensive, impromptu. crash course
verb crashes · crashing · crashed
- To collide with something destructively; to fall or come down violently. When the car crashed into a house, the driver was heavily injured.
- 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.
- To make a sudden loud noise. Thunder crashed directly overhead.
- Ellipsis of gatecrash.gatecrash We weren't invited to the party so we decided to crash it.
- 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?
- To give, as a favor. 'I been pissin' blood,' he said, grinning. Then frowning. 'Crash us a tenner, eh?'
- 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.
- 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.
crash²
- /ˈkɹæʃ/
- [ˈkʰɹʷæʃ]
Rhymes with -æʃ
Where it comes from
Uncertain; perhaps compare Russian крашени́на (krašenína, “coarse linen”).
noun
- 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[…]
