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crash⋅ing

  [krash-ing]
Use crashing in a Sentence
–adjective
1. absolute; complete; utter: a crashing bore.
2. unusual or superlative; exceptional: a crashing celebration.
Origin:
1925–30; crash 1 + -ing 2

Related forms:
crash⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

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

Related forms:
crasher, noun

Synonyms:
13. smash. 21. failure, ruin.
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crash 1   (krāsh)   
v.   crashed, crash·ing, crash·es

v.   intr.

    1. To break violently or noisily; smash.

    2. To undergo sudden damage or destruction on impact: Their car crashed into a guardrail. The airplane crashed over the ocean.

    3. To find temporary lodging or shelter, as for the night.

    4. To go to sleep.

  2. To make a sudden loud noise: breakers crashing against the rocks.

  3. To move noisily or so as to cause damage: went crashing through the woods.

  4. To undergo a sudden severe downturn, as a market or economy.

  5. Computer Science To stop functioning due to a crash.

  6. Slang To undergo a period of unpleasant feeling or depression as an aftereffect of drug-taking.

  7. Slang

    1. To find temporary lodging or shelter, as for the night.

    2. To go to sleep.

v.   tr.

  1. To cause to crash.

  2. To dash to pieces; smash.

  3. Informal To join or enter (a party, for example) without invitation.

n.  

  1. A sudden loud noise, as of an object breaking.

    1. A smashing to pieces.

    2. A collision, as between two automobiles. See Synonyms at collision.

    3. A sudden failure of a hard drive caused by damaging contact between the head and the storage surface, often resulting in the loss of data on the drive.

    4. A sudden failure of a program or operating system, usually without serious consequences.

  3. A sudden severe downturn: a market crash; a population crash.

  4. Computer Science

    1. A sudden failure of a hard drive caused by damaging contact between the head and the storage surface, often resulting in the loss of data on the drive.

    2. A sudden failure of a program or operating system, usually without serious consequences.

  5. Slang Mental depression after drug-taking.

adj.   Informal
Of or characterized by an intensive effort to produce or accomplish: a crash course on income-tax preparation; a crash diet.

[Middle English crasschen; probably akin to crasen, to shatter; see craze.]
crash'er n.
crash·ing   (krāsh'ĭng)   
adj.  Total; absolute: a crashing bore.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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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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