- to make a loud, clattering noise, as of something dashed to pieces.
- to break or fall to pieces with noise.
- (of moving vehicles, objects, etc.) to collide, especially violently and noisily.
- to move or go with a crash; strike with a crash.
- to land in an abnormal manner, usually causing severe damage: The airliner crashed.
- to collapse or fail suddenly, as a financial enterprise: The stock market crashed.
- to gain admittance to a party, performance, etc., without an invitation, ticket, or permission.
- Slang.
- to sleep.
- to have a temporary place to sleep or live without payment: He let me crash at his house.
- to fall asleep: I get home in the evening and I just crash till it's time for dinner.
- to experience unpleasant sensations, as sudden exhaustion or depression, when a drug, especially an amphetamine, wears off.
- to suffer cardiac arrest.
- (of a population) to decline rapidly.
- to shut down because of a malfunction of hardware or software.
- to break into pieces violently and noisily; shatter.
- to force or drive with violence and noise (usually followed by in, through, out, etc.).
- to cause (an aircraft) to make a landing in an abnormal manner, usually damaging or wrecking the aircraft.
- Informal.
- to gain admittance to, even though uninvited: to crash a party.
- to enter without a ticket, permission, etc.: to crash the gate at a football game.
- a sudden loud noise, as of something being violently smashed or struck: the crash of thunder.
- a breaking or falling to pieces with loud noise: the sudden crash of dishes.
- a collision or crashing, as of automobiles, trains, etc.
- the shock of collision and breaking.
- a sudden and violent falling to ruin.
- a sudden general collapse of a business enterprise, prosperity, the stock market, etc.: the crash of 1929.
- an act or instance of crashing.
- a sudden, rapid decline in the size of a population.
- 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.
- a plain-weave fabric of rough, irregular, or lumpy yarns, for toweling, dresses, etc.
- starched cotton fabric used to reinforce the spine of a bound book.
- to make or cause to make a loud noise as of solid objects smashing or clattering
- to fall or cause to fall with force, breaking in pieces with a loud noise as of solid objects smashing
- to break or smash in pieces with a loud noise
- to collapse or fail suddenly
- to cause (an aircraft) to hit land or water violently resulting in severe damage or (of an aircraft) to hit land or water in this way
- to cause (a car, etc) to collide with another car or other object or (of two or more cars) to be involved in a collision
- to move or cause to move violently or noisily
- British informal short for gate-crash
- (of a computer system or program) to fail suddenly and completely because of a malfunction
- (intr) slang another term for crash out
- to fail; be unsuccessful
- an act or instance of breaking and falling to pieces
- a sudden loud noise
- a collision, as between vehicles
- a sudden descent of an aircraft as a result of which it hits land or water
- the sudden collapse of a business, stock exchange, etc, esp one causing further financial failure
- (modifier)
- requiring or using intensive effort and all possible resources in order to accomplish something quickly
- sudden or vigorous
- a complete failure
- a coarse cotton or linen cloth used for towelling, curtains, etc
