Search results for 'crash':

crash verb (crashes, crashed, crashing) 1 tr & intr to fall or strike with a banging or smashing noise. 2 tr & intr (often crash into something) said of a vehicle: to collide or cause it to collide with something. 3 intrans to make a deafening noise. 4 intrans to move noisily. 5 intrans said of a business or stock exchange: to collapse. 6 intrans said of a computer or program: to fail completely, because of a malfunction or fluctuation in the power supply, etc. 7 to cause a computer system or program to break down completely. 8 slang to gatecrash (a party, etc). 9 (often crash out) slang a to fall asleep; b to sleep at someone else's place. noun (crashes) 1 a violent impact or breakage, or the sound of it. 2 a deafening noise. 3 a traffic or aircraft accident; a collision. 4 the collapse of a business or the stock exchange. 5 the failure of a computer or program. 6 as adj concentrated or intensive, so as to produce results in minimum time • a crash diet.
ETYMOLOGY: 14c: imitating the sound.