Crash (South Korean band)
WordNet
noun
(1) The act of colliding with something
"His crash through the window"
"The fullback's smash into the defensive line"
(2) A serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles)
"They are still investigating the crash of the TWA plane"
(3) A loud resonant repeating noise
"He could hear the clang of distant bells"
(4) A sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)
(5) (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"
verb
(6) Sleep in a convenient place
"You can crash here, though it's not very comfortable"
(7) Hurl or thrust violently
"He dashed the plate against the wall"
"Waves were dashing against the rock"
(8) Undergo damage or destruction on impact
"The plane crashed into the ocean"
"The car crashed into the lamp post"
(9) Break violently or noisily; smash;
(10) Cause to crash
"The terrorists crashed the car into the gate of the palace"
(11) Fall or come down violently
"The branch crashed down on my car"
"The plane crashed in the sea"
(12) Enter uninvited; informal
"Let's crash the party!"
(13) Move violently as through a barrier
"The terrorists crashed the gate"
(14) Move with, or as if with, a crashing noise
"The car crashed through the glass door"
(15) Occupy, usually uninvited
"My son's friends crashed our house last weekend"
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Etymology 1
From , of unknown origin, possibly onomatopoeia.
Noun
- An automobile, airplane, or other vehicle accident.
- A computer malfunction that is caused by faulty software, and makes the system either partially or totally inoperable.
- A loud sound as made for example by cymbals.
- A sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)
- A comedown of a drug.
- A company of rhinoceroses.
- Patrick F. McManus, “Nincompoopery and Other Group Terms”, in The Grasshopper Trap, Henry Holt and Company, ISBN 0-8050-0111-5, 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.
- Patrick F. McManus, “Nincompoopery and Other Group Terms”, in The Grasshopper Trap, Henry Holt and Company, ISBN 0-8050-0111-5, page 103,
Adjective
- quick, fast, intensive
- crash course
- crash diet
Verb
- To collide with something destructively, fall or come down violently.
- To severely damage or destroy something by causing it to collide with something else.
- (via gatecrash) To attend a social event without invitation.
- To accelerate a project or a task or its schedule by devoting more resources to it.
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- To make or experience informal temporary living arrangements.
- To terminate extraordinarily.
- To cause to terminate extraordinarily.
- Double-clicking this icon crashes the desktop.
- 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.