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crash

1[krash]
–verb (used without object)
1. to make a loud, clattering noise, as of something dashed to pieces.
2. to break or fall to pieces with noise.
3. (of moving vehicles, objects, etc.) to collide, esp. violently and noisily.
4. to move or go with a crash; strike with a crash.
5. Aeronautics. to land in an abnormal manner, usually causing severe damage: The airliner crashed.
6. to collapse or fail suddenly, as a financial enterprise: The stock market crashed.
7. Informal. to gain admittance to a party, performance, etc., without an invitation, ticket, or permission.
8. Slang.
a. to sleep.
b. to have a temporary place to sleep or live without payment: He let me crash at his house.
c. to fall asleep: I get home in the evening and I just crash till it's time for dinner.
9. Slang. to experience unpleasant sensations, as sudden exhaustion or depression, when a drug, esp. an amphetamine, wears off.
10. Medicine/Medical Slang. to suffer cardiac arrest.
11. Ecology. (of a population) to decline rapidly.
12. Computers. to shut down because of a malfunction of hardware or software.
–verb (used with object)
13. to break into pieces violently and noisily; shatter.
14. to force or drive with violence and noise (usually fol. by in, through, out, etc.).
15. Aeronautics. to cause (an aircraft) to make a landing in an abnormal manner, usually damaging or wrecking the aircraft.
16. Informal.
a. to gain admittance to, even though uninvited: to crash a party.
b. to enter without a ticket, permission, etc.: to crash the gate at a football game.
–noun
17. a sudden loud noise, as of something being violently smashed or struck: the crash of thunder.
18. a breaking or falling to pieces with loud noise: the sudden crash of dishes.
19. a collision or crashing, as of automobiles, trains, etc.
20. the shock of collision and breaking.
21. a sudden and violent falling to ruin.
22. a sudden general collapse of a business enterprise, prosperity, the stock market, etc.: the crash of 1929.
23. Aeronautics. an act or instance of crashing.
24. Ecology. a sudden, rapid decline in the size of a population.
–adjective
25. characterized by an intensive effort, esp. to deal with an emergency, meet a deadline, etc.: a crash plan to house flood victims; a crash diet.

Origin:
1350–1400; 1920–25 def. 16; 1870–75 for def. 22; ME crasche, b. crase to break (see craze ) and masche mash


crasher, noun


13. smash. 21. failure, ruin.
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Slang Dictionary
crash

  1. tv. & in.
    to attend a party or other event uninvited. (See also crasher.) : The boys who tried to crash also broke a window.
  2. in.
    to spend the night. : I crashed at a friend's place in the city.
  3. in.
    to sleep. : If I don't crash pretty soon, I'm going to die!
  4. n.
    a place to sleep. : I think I know of a crash for tonight.
  5. in.
    [for a computer] to stop working. : This thing crashes every time I hit a certain key.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

crash 
c.1400, crasschen "break in pieces," appeared 14c. with no identifiable ancestors or relatives, and is probably onomatopoeic. Sense of "financial collapse" is 1817, "collision" is 1910, "falling airplane" is W.W.I. Computing sense is 1973, which makes it one of the earliest computer jargon words. Meaning "break into a party, etc." is 1922. Slang meaning "sleep" dates from 1943; especially from 1965.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Financial Dictionary

crash

A protracted major decline in the securities markets.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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