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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, especially violently and noisily.
4.
to move or go with a crash; strike with a crash.
5.
EXPANDAeronautics. 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, especially an amphetamine, wears off.
10.
Medicine/Medical Slang. to suffer cardiac arrest.
11.
Ecology. (of a population) to decline rapidly.
12.
COLLAPSEComputers. 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 followed 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.
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is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
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.
EXPANDa sudden and violent falling to ruin.
adjective
25.
characterized by an intensive effort, especially to deal with an emergency, meet a deadline, etc.: a crash plan to house flood victims; a crash diet.
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| crash out | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | a. to go to sleep |
| b. to spend the night (in a place): we crashed out at John's place | |
| 2. | to pass out |
| 3. | informal to be eliminated from a competition in a way that brings disgrace or embarrassment |
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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
EXPAND"break into a party, etc." is 1922. Slang meaning "sleep" dates from 1943; especially from 1965.
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