Meaning of crash In English

• 0 If a vehicle crashes or someone crashes it, it is involved in an accident, usually a serious one in which the vehicle is damaged and someone is hurt:

  • We skidded on the ice and crashed.

  • The plane crashed into a mountainside.

  • Her brother borrowed her motorbike and crashed it.

• 1 to hit something, often making a loud noise or causing damage:

  • We could hear waves crashing on/against the shore.

  • Suddenly, cymbals crashed and the orchestra began playing.

  • A dog came crashing through the bushes.

  • Without warning, the tree crashed through the roof.

• 2 If something such as a business crashes, it suddenly fails or becomes unsuccessful:

  • Investors were seriously worried when the stock market began to crash.

  • My laptop's crashed again.

• 3 to sleep at someone else's house for the night, especially when you have not planned it:

  • They crashed on my floor after the party.

• 4 to go to a party or other event without an invitation:

  • We tried to crash the party, but the bouncers wouldn't let us in.

• 5 an accident involving a vehicle, usually a serious one in which the vehicle is damaged or someone is hurt:

  • a car crash

  • She had a crash on the way to work.

  • They were only slightly injured in the crash.

• 6 a sudden loud noise made when something breaks or falls:

  • I heard a loud crash in the kitchen.

  • The vase landed on the floor with a crash.

• 7 a sudden large fall in the value of a country's businesses:

  • They lost a lot of money in the Stock Market crash.

  • a computer crash

• 8 quick and involving a lot of effort:

  • The company undertook a crash programme of machine replacement.

• 9 a serious accident in which one or more cars, trucks, or other vehicles hit something, or in which an aircraft hits the ground or another aircraft:

  • She was killed in an airplane crash in 1983.

• 10 a loud noise that sounds as if it is caused by something violently breaking apart or hitting something else:

  • There was a loud crash, and we rushed over to see what had fallen.

• 11 a sudden loss of value of investments, or a failure of a business

• 12 to go to a party or other event without an invitation:

  • Some guys tried to crash the party but they weren’t allowed in.

• 13 to sleep, or to stay at a place to sleep temporarily:

  • I was so tired after work, I crashed on the sofa.

• 14 to fall or hit something in a noisy or violent way:

  • [ I ] All the dishes the waitress was carrying crashed to the floor.

  • [ I ] A big black bear came crashing through the underbrush.

• 15 (of investments) to lose value, or (of a business) to lose money and be unable to continue to operate:

  • When the market crashed, everyone lost money.

• 16 (of a vehicle on the ground) to hit another vehicle or a large object violently, or (of an aircraft) to fall and violently hit the ground, a building, etc., or hit another aircraft while flying:

  • [ I ] The plane crashed into the mountainside, killing all aboard.

• 17 involving great effort to achieve a lot quickly:

  • took a crash course in cooking

• 18 a sudden serious fall in the value of something, for example, of shares or of a particular area of business:

  • A crash in China could also affect the global economy if the country's demand for imports and raw materials drops sharply.

  • They had lost all their money in the Wall Street Crash of 1929.

  • The stock market crash has had a major impact, with many investors still nursing big losses.

  • crash in sth The crash in the property market has led to many houses being repossessed by mortgage companies.

• 19 a sudden failure of a computer or system:

  • Wednesday's state computer crash created far more problems than officials first realized.

• 20 to suddenly lose value, in a way that is serious:

  • crash from sth to sth Its share price has crashed from nearly £7 in November to just £0.50.

  • Most experts agree that the market crashed because of unbridled speculation, low margins, and a lack of government oversight.

• 21 if a computer or system crashes, or if someone or something crashes it, it suddenly stops working:

  • The server crashed twice and we had no idea why.

  • The message will highlight the error that crashed the computer.