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crash
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?æ?/
- Rhymes: -æ?
Etymology 1
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).
Noun
crash (plural crashes)
- A sudden, intense, loud sound, as made for example by cymbals.
- An automobile, airplane, or other vehicle accident.
- (computing) A malfunction of computer software or hardware which causes it to shut down or become partially or totally inoperable.
- Synonym: abend
- (finance) A sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures).
- (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
Derived terms
Translations
Adjective
crash (not comparable)
- Quick, fast, intensive, impromptu.
- crash course
- crash diet
Translations
Verb
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.
- (transitive, slang) Short for gatecrash.
- (transitive, management) To accelerate a project or a task or its schedule by devoting more resources to it.
- (intransitive, slang) To make or experience informal temporary living arrangements, especially overnight.
- (slang) To give, as a favor.
- (slang) To lie down for a long rest, sleep or nap, as from tiredness or exhaustion.
- (computing, hardware, software, intransitive) To terminate extraordinarily.
- Synonym: bomb
- (computing, hardware, software, transitive) To cause to terminate extraordinarily.
- (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
- (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.
Translations
Etymology 2
Of uncertain origin; perhaps compare Russian ?????????? (krašenína, “coarse linen”).
Noun
crash (uncountable)
- (fibre) A type of rough linen.
- 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.
- 1899, Kate Chopin, The Awakening:
Translations
Anagrams
- Rasch, chars
Dutch
Pronunciation
- (Netherlands) IPA(key): /kr??/
- Hyphenation: crash
- Homophone: crèche
Etymology 1
Borrowed from English crash.
Noun
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 terms
- beurscrash
- computercrash
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
crash
- first-person singular present indicative of crashen
- imperative of crashen
French
Etymology
From English crash
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?a?/
Noun
crash m (plural crashs)
- (of an aircraft) crash landing
- (economics) crash
- (computing) crash
Derived terms
- crasher
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k?a?/, [?k?a?]
Noun
crash m (plural crashes)
- (economics) crash
- (computing) crash
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crackup
English
Alternative forms
- crack-up
Etymology
From the verb phrase crack up.
Noun
crackup (plural crackups)
- A crash or wreck, generally involving a car or airplane.
- 1936, Joseph R. James, "More Gates Air Circus Antics" (Popular Aviation, November 1936)
- They shook the head of the unconscious pilot and when the latter opened his eyes, blinking wildly, the other members of the family lifted up the tail of the overturned crate sufficiently high enough to enable the dazed pilot, after releasing his belt, to fall out of the cockpit head first and disengage himself from the crack-up.
- 1936, Joseph R. James, "More Gates Air Circus Antics" (Popular Aviation, November 1936)
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