crash
See also: Crash
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle English crasshen, crasschen, craschen (“to break into pieces”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from a variant of earlier *crasken, from crasen (“to break”) + -k (formative suffix); or from earlier *craskien, *craksien, a variant of craken (“to crack, break open”) (for form development compare break, brask, brash).
NounEdit
crash (plural crashes)
- A sudden, intense, loud sound, as made for example by cymbals.
- The piece ended in a crescendo, building up to a crash of cymbals.
- After the lightning came the crash of thunder.
- An automobile, airplane, or other vehicle accident.
- She broke two bones in her body in a car crash.
- Nobody survived the plane crash.
- (computing) A malfunction of computer software or hardware which causes it to shut down or become partially or totally inoperable.
- Synonym: abend
- My computer had a crash so I had to reboot it.
- (finance) A sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures).
- the stock market crash
- (informal) A comedown from a drug.
- (collective) A group of rhinoceroses.
- p. 1991, Patrick F. McManus, “Nincompoopery and Other Group Terms”, in The Grasshopper Trap, Henry Holt and Company, →ISBN, page 103
- One of my favorites among the terms of groups of creatures is a crash of rhinoceros. I can imagine an African guide saying to his client, “Shoot, dammit, shoot! Here comes the whole bloody crash of rhinoceros!”
- […] Personally, I think I’d just as soon come across a crash of rhinoceros as a knot of toad.
- 1998, E. Melanie Watt, Black Rhinos, page 19
- The largest group of black rhinos reported was made up of 13 individuals. A group of rhinos is called a crash.
- 1999, Edward Osborne Wilson, The Diversity of Life, page 126
- Out in the water a crash of rhinoceros-like animals browse belly deep through a bed of aquatic plants.
- 2003, Claude Herve-Bazin, Judith Farr Kenya and Tanzania, page 23
- The crash of rhinoceros at Tsavo now numbers almost 200.
- p. 1991, Patrick F. McManus, “Nincompoopery and Other Group Terms”, in The Grasshopper Trap, Henry Holt and Company, →ISBN, page 103
- (ecology) A sudden decline in any living form's population levels, often leading to extinction.
Derived termsEdit
- car crash
- cash for crash
- crash axe
- crash barrier
- crash blossom
- crash boat
- crash box
- crash cart
- crash course
- crash cymbal
- crash diet
- crash dive
- crash gearbox
- crash helmet
- crash hot
- crash land
- crash landing
- crash mat
- crash out
- crash pad
- crash scissors
- crash space
- crash stop
- crash tackle
- crash test
- crash trolley
- crash-proof
- crashdump, crash dump
- head crash
- line crash
- stock market crash
- train crash
TranslationsEdit
loud sound
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vehicle accident
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computer malfunction
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sudden large decline of business
comedown of a drug
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AdjectiveEdit
crash (not comparable)
TranslationsEdit
quick, fast, intensive
VerbEdit
crash (third-person singular simple present crashes, present participle crashing, simple past and past participle crashed)
- (transitive) To collide with something destructively, fall or come down violently.
- (transitive) To severely damage or destroy something by causing it to collide with something else.
- I'm sorry for crashing the bike into a wall. I'll pay for repairs.
- (transitive, slang) Short for gatecrash. [from 1920s]
- We weren't invited to the party so we decided to crash it.
- 2019 November 8, Dan Shive, El Goonish Shive (webcomic), Comic for Friday, Nov 8, 2019:
- "Anyway, sorry about crashing. I know you're doing a sort of 'talk freely about magic' thing, and I don't have any of my own, but..."
- (transitive, management) To accelerate a project or a task or its schedule by devoting more resources to it.
- 2008, Rick A. Morris; Brette McWhorter Sember, Project management that works, page 109:
- Using the project plan, the team started to work out different scenarios to crash the schedule and bring the date to the regulatory deadline.
- (intransitive, slang) To make or experience informal temporary living arrangements, especially overnight.
- Hey dude, can I crash at your pad?
- (transitive, slang) To give, as a favor.
- 2005, Charlie Williams, Fags and Lager, page 29:
- 'I been pissin' blood,' he said, grinning. Then frowning. 'Crash us a tenner, eh?'
- 2014, David Mitchell, The Bone Clocks, →ISBN, page 99:
- Crash us a cancer stick, Fitz: I could bloody murder a fag, as I delight in telling Americans
- 2015, Lucy Diamond, Summer at Shell Cottage, →ISBN:
- 'I'll show you what needs doing. But first..." She hesitated. 'I don't suppose you could crash me a ciggy, while you're here, could you?'
- (intransitive, slang) To lie down for a long rest, sleep or nap, as from tiredness or exhaustion. [from 1940s]
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:sleep
- (computing, hardware, software, intransitive) To terminate extraordinarily.
- Synonym: bomb
- If the system crashes again, we'll have it fixed in the computer shop.
- (computing, hardware, software, transitive) To cause to terminate extraordinarily.
- Double-clicking this icon crashes the desktop.
- (intransitive) To experience a period of depression and/or lethargy after a period of euphoria, as after the euphoric effect of a psychotropic drug has dissipated.
- (transitive) To hit or strike with force
- 2016 June 11, Phil McNulty, “England 1-1 Russia”, in BBC Sport[1]:
- Roy Hodgson's side were dominant and fully merited the lead given to them when Eric Dier crashed a 20-yard free-kick high past keeper Igor Akinfeev with 17 minutes left.
- (medicine, of a patient's condition) To take a sudden and severe turn for the worse; to rapidly deteriorate.
- To make a sudden loud noise.
- Thunder crashed directly overhead.
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
to collide, fall or come down violently
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to severely damage or destroy by causing to collide with something else
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slang: to turn up without having been invited
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to make informal temporary living arrangments
computing: to terminate unexpectedly
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Etymology 2Edit
Uncertain; perhaps compare Russian крашени́на (krašenína, “coarse linen”).
NounEdit
crash (uncountable)
- (textiles) A type of rough linen.
- 1855, Frederick Douglass, chapter VI, in My Bondage and My Freedom, New York: Miller, Orton and Mulligan:
- The yearly allowance of clothing on this plantation, consisted of two tow-linen shirts—such linen as the coarsest crash towels are made of […]
- 1899, Kate Chopin, The Awakening:
- Unlocking the door of her bath-room she went inside, and soon emerged, bringing a rug, which she spread upon the floor of the gallery, and two huge hair pillows covered with crash, which she placed against the front of the building.
TranslationsEdit
plain, rough linen
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Further readingEdit
- Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “crash”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
AnagramsEdit
DutchEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
crash m (plural crashes, diminutive crashje n)
- crash, collision, esp. when involving aircraft
- economic crash, especially in relation to stock exchanges
- Synonym: krach
- computer crash
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
VerbEdit
crash
FrenchEdit
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NounEdit
crash m (plural crashs)
- (of an aircraft) crash landing
- (economics) crash
- (computing) crash
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SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
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NounEdit
crash m (plural crashes)
Further readingEdit
- “crash”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014