| crash | |
| 1. n. An automobile, airplane, or other vehicle accident. | |
| She broke two bones in her body in a car crash. | |
| Nobody survived the plane crash | |
| 2. n. A computer malfunction that is caused by faulty software, and makes the system either partially or totally inoperable. | |
| My computer had a crash so I had to reboot it. | |
| 3. n. A loud sound as made for example by cymbals. | |
| The piece ended in a crescendo, building up to a crash of cymbals. | |
| 4. n. A sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures) | |
| the stock market crash | |
| 5. n. A comedown of a drug. | |
| 6. n. A group of rhinoceroses. | |
| 7. n. dysphoria | |
| 8. adj. quick, fast, intensive, impromptu | |
| crash course | |
| crash diet | |
| 9. v. To collide with something destructively, fall or come down violently. | |
| 10. v. 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. | |
| 11. v. (transitive, slang) (via gatecrash) To attend a social event without invitation, usually with unfavorable intentions. | |
| We weren't invited to the party so we decided to crash it. | |
| 12. v. (transitive, management) To accelerate a project or a task or its schedule by devoting more resources to it. | |
| 13. v. (intransitive, slang) To make or experience informal temporary living arrangements. | |
| Hey dude, can I crash at your pad? | |
| 14. v. (slang) To give, as a favor. | |
| 15. v. (slang) To lie down for a long rest, sleep or nap, as from tiredness or exhaustion. | |
| 16. v. (computing, software, intransitive) To terminate extraordinarily. | |
| If the system crashes again, we'll have it fixed in the computer shop. | |
| 17. v. (computing, software, transitive) To cause to terminate extraordinarily. | |
| Double-clicking this icon crashes the desktop. | |
| 18. v. (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. | |
| 19. v. To hit or strike with force | |
| 20. v. (medicine, of a patient's condition) To take a sudden and severe turn for the worse; to rapidly deteriorate. | |
| 21. v. To make a sudden loud noise. | |
| Thunder crashed directly overhead. | |
| 22. n. (fibre) A type of rough linen. | |
