Overview of noun crash

The noun crash has 5 senses

• clang, clangor, clangour, clangoring, clank, clash, crash -- (a loud resonant repeating noise; "he could hear the clang of distant bells")


• crash, wreck -- (a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles); "they are still investigating the crash of the TWA plane")


• crash, collapse -- (a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures))


• crash, smash -- (the act of colliding with something; "his crash through the window"; "the fullback's smash into the defensive line")


• crash -- ((computer science) an event that causes a computer system to become inoperative; "the crash occurred during a thunderstorm and the system has been down ever since")

Overview of verb crash

The verb crash has 13 senses

• crash -- (fall or come down violently; "The branch crashed down on my car"; "The plane crashed in the sea")


• crash -- (move with, or as if with, a crashing noise; "The car crashed through the glass door")


• crash, ram -- (undergo damage or destruction on impact; "the plane crashed into the ocean"; "The car crashed into the lamp post")


• crash -- (move violently as through a barrier; "The terrorists crashed the gate")


• crash, break up, break apart -- (break violently or noisily; smash;)


• crash -- (occupy, usually uninvited; "My son's friends crashed our house last weekend")


• crash -- (make a sudden loud sound; "the waves crashed on the shore and kept us awake all night")


• barge in, crash, gate-crash -- (enter uninvited; informal; "let's crash the party!")


• crash -- (cause to crash; "The terrorists crashed the plane into the palace"; "Mother crashed the motorbike into the lamppost")


• crash, dash -- (hurl or thrust violently; "He dashed the plate against the wall"; "Waves were dashing against the rock")


• crash -- (undergo a sudden and severe downturn; "the economy crashed"; "will the stock market crash again?")


• crash, go down -- (stop operating; "My computer crashed last night"; "The system goes down at least once a week")


• doss, doss down, crash -- (sleep in a convenient place; "You can crash here, though it's not very comfortable")