crash

crash1 [ kræʃ ] verb **

▸ 1 when vehicle hits something

▸ 2 hit something noisily

▸ 3 when computer fails

▸ 4 sleep for the night

▸ 5 in stock market/business

▸ 6 go to party uninvited

▸ + PHRASES

1. ) intransitive or transitive if a plane crashes, or if someone crashes it, it falls from the sky:

A 727 crashed near Heidelberg.

He crashed his plane on landing, causing $20,000 in damage.

crash into: Amazingly, he survived when his plane crashed into the ocean.

a ) intransitive if a moving vehicle crashes, it hits something, causing damage:

The car skidded and I thought we were going to crash.

crash into: Three people were killed when their car crashed into a tree.

b ) transitive if someone crashes a moving vehicle, they hit something with it, causing damage:

On his way to the party, Cliff crashed his car.

2. ) intransitive or transitive to hit something hard, making a loud noise and often causing damage:

crash against/into/through/to: A ball came crashing through the window.

The wind howled and the waves crashed against the rocks.

crash to the floor/ground: As Kelly saw him, the tray she was carrying crashed to the floor.

crash something against/into something: He lifted his foot and crashed it into the door.

a ) intransitive to make a sudden loud noise, as if something is being hit:

Thunder crashed and boomed outside.

3. ) intransitive if a computer or computer program crashes, it suddenly stops working

4. ) intransitive INFORMAL to sleep somewhere for the night, usually when you did not plan to do this:

You can crash at my place if you want.

5. ) intransitive if the STOCK MARKET crashes, its value falls suddenly

a ) if a business crashes, it fails suddenly and completely

6. ) transitive INFORMAL to go to a party that you have not been invited to: GATECRASH

crash and burn AMERICAN INFORMAL

to fail completely

,crash `out phrasal verb intransitive INFORMAL

to suddenly start sleeping, usually when you are very tired:

I crashed out around ten in front of the TV.

crash

crash 2 [ kræʃ ] noun count **

1. ) an accident that happens when a moving vehicle hits something, causing damage:

in a crash: He was seriously injured in the crash.

a plane/car/train crash: It was the worst train crash in thirty years.

a head-on crash (=between two vehicles that are moving towards each other): a head-on crash between a car and a truck

2. ) an occasion when a computer or a computer program suddenly stops working:

The system is prone to crashes.

3. ) a loud noise like the sound of two hard things hitting each other and breaking:

There was a loud crash from the kitchen.

the crash of the waves against the rocks

4. ) a sudden fall in prices or in the value of the STOCK MARKET

a ) the sudden and complete failure of a business