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crash


Definition: Meaning of, crash in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / kraʃ /

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Present Participle Third Person Singular
crashing crashes
  1. car/plane etc [intransitive and transitive] to have an accident in a car, plane etc by violently hitting something else [↪  collide]
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  2. hit somebody/something hard [intransitive,transitive always + adverb/preposition] to hit something or someone extremely hard while moving, in a way that causes a lot of damage or makes a lot of noise
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  3. loud noise [intransitive] to make a sudden loud noise
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  4. computer [intransitive and transitive] if a computer crashes, or if you crash the computer, it suddenly stops working
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  5. financial [intransitive] if a STOCK MARKET or SHARE s crash, they suddenly lose a lot of value
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  6. sport [intransitive] British English to lose very badly in a sports event
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  7. sleep [intransitive] spoken to stay at someone's house for the night
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  8. sleep [intransitive] spoken also crash out to go to bed, or go to sleep very quickly, because you are very tired
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  9. party [transitive] informal to go to a party that you have not been invited to
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  10. crashing bore British English old-fashioned someone who is very boring
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crash crashes
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  1. an accident in which a vehicle violently hits something else [↪  collision]
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  2. a sudden loud noise made by something falling, breaking etc
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  3. an occasion when a computer or computer system suddenly stops working
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  4. an occasion on which the STOCK s and SHARE s in a STOCK market suddenly lose a lot of value
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crash used in phrases

  • Wall Street Crash, the
    1. the sudden large fall in the value of company SHARE s on the US Stock Exchange in October 1929. For about two years before this, the price of SHAREs had risen very fast, and when people realized that companies were therefore worth more than their true value, they lost confidence. The severe fall that followed led directly to the GREAT DEPRESSION of the 1930s.
  • car-crash TV (noun)
    1. REALITY TV programmes which people think are of poor quality, but which they cannot stop themselves watching
  • crash and burn (verb)
    1. to fail very quickly or suddenly, especially in a DRAMATIC way
    crash and burn (noun)
    1. an occasion when something fails very quickly or suddenly, especially in a DRAMATIC way
  • crash barrier (noun)
    1. a strong fence or wall built to keep cars apart or to keep them away from people, in order to prevent an accident
  • crash course (noun)
    1. a course in which you learn a lot about a particular subject in a very short period of time
  • crash cymbal (noun)
    1. a musical instrument of cymbal type that produces a loud, sharp crash; it is used mainly for occasional accents, as opposed to in ostinato
  • crash diet (noun)
    1. an attempt to lose a lot of weight quickly by strictly limiting how much you eat
  • crash dive (noun)
    1. a rapid descent by a submarine
  • crash helmet (noun)
    1. a very strong hard hat that protects your head, and is worn by racing car drivers, people riding MOTORCYCLE s etc
  • crash land (verb)
    1. air travel make an emergency landing
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crash used in phrasal verbs

  • crash around (phrasal verb)
    1. to make a lot of noise as you move around in a place
  • crash out (phrasal verb)
    1. to suddenly start sleeping, usually when you are very tired
    2. mainly journalism to be badly defeated so that you have to leave a competition
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