different between crash vs crasht
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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crasht
English
Verb
crasht
- (obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of crash
Anagrams
- charts, starch, trachs
Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
crasht
- second- and third-person singular present indicative of crashen
- (archaic) plural imperative of crashen
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