crash1
v.
- collide violently with an obstacle or another vehicle.
▸(of an aircraft) fall from the sky and violently hit the land or sea.
▸informal (of a company's shares) fall suddenly and disastrously in value.
▸Computing fail suddenly.
- move with force, speed, and sudden loud noise.
▸make a sudden loud, deep noise.
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(also crash out)
informal fall deeply asleep.
- informal gatecrash (a party).
- chiefly N. Amer. (of a patient) suffer a cardiac arrest.
n.
- an instance of crashing.
- a sudden loud, discordant noise.
adj.
done rapidly and involving a concentrated effort:
a crash course in Italian.
Etymology
ME: imitative, perh. partly suggested by craze and dash.
crash2
n.
dated a coarse plain linen, woollen, or cotton fabric.
Etymology
C19: from Russ. krashenina ‘dyed coarse linen’.