Crash Definition
krăsh
crashed, crashes, crashing
verb
crashed, crashes, crashing
To fall, collide, or break with force and with a loud, smashing noise.
Webster's New World
To make a sudden, loud noise, as of something falling and shattering.
Webster's New World
To move or go with such a noise.
Webster's New World
To come to sudden ruin; collapse; fail.
Their business crashed.
Webster's New World
To cause to make a crashing sound.
Webster's New World
noun
crashes
A loud, sudden noise, as of something falling and shattering.
Webster's New World
A breaking or smashing into pieces.
Webster's New World
A collision, as between two automobiles.
American Heritage
A crashing, as of a car or an airplane.
Webster's New World
A sudden severe downturn.
A market crash; a population crash.
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adjective
Of or characterized by an intensive effort to produce or accomplish.
A crash course on income-tax preparation; a crash diet.
American Heritage
Designed for urgent, concentrated implementation and speedy results.
A crash diet, a crash course in Greek.
Webster's New World
Crash course.
Crash diet.
Wiktionary
idiom
crash and burn
- To fail utterly.
American Heritage
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Crash
Origin of Crash
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From Russian krashenina colored linen from krashenie coloring from krasit' to color ker-3 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Middle English crasschen (“to break into pieces”), of unknown origin, possibly onomatopoeia.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English crasschen probably akin to crasen to shatter craze
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Russian крашенина (krašenína, “coarse linen”).
From Wiktionary
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