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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Crash \Crash\ (kr[a^]sh), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Crashed} (kr[a^]sht); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crashing}.] [OE. crashen, the same word as crasen to break, E. craze. See {Craze}.] To break in pieces violently; to dash together with noise and violence. [R.]
He shakt his head, and crasht his teeth for ire. --Fairfax.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Crash \Crash\, verb (used without an object)
1. To make a loud, clattering sound, as of many things falling and breaking at once; to break in pieces with a harsh noise.
Roofs were blazing and walls crashing in every part of the city. --Macaulay.
2. To break with violence and noise; as, the chimney in falling crashed through the roof.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Crash \Crash\, noun
1. A loud, sudden, confused sound, as of many things falling and breaking at once.
The wreck of matter and the crash of worlds. --Addison.
2. Ruin; failure; sudden breaking down, as of a business house or a commercial enterprise.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Crash \Crash\, noun [L. crassus coarse. See {Crass}.] Coarse, heavy, narrow linen cloth, used esp. for towels.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
crash
noun
1: a loud resonant repeating noise; "he could hear the clang of distant bells" [syn: {clang}, {clangor}, {clangour}, {clangoring}, {clank}, {clash}]
2: a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles); "they are still investigating the crash of the TWA plane" [syn: {wreck}]
3: a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures) [syn: {collapse}]
4: the act of colliding with something; "his crash through the window"; "the fullback's smash into the defensive line" [syn: {smash}]
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
1: fall or come down violently; "The branch crashed down on my car"; "The plane crashed in the sea"
2: move with, or as if with, a crashing noise; "The car crashed through the glass door"
3: undergo damage or destruction on impact; "the plane crashed into the ocean"; "The car crashed into the lamp post" [syn: {ram}]
4: move violently as through a barrier; "The terrorists crashed the gate"
5: break violently or noisily; smash; [syn: {break up}, {break apart}]
6: occupy, usually uninvited; "My son's friends crashed our house last weekend"
7: enter uninvited; informal; "let's crash the party!" [syn: {barge in}, {gate-crash}]
8: cause to crash; "The terrorists crashed the car into the gate of the palace"
9: hurl or thrust violently; "He dashed the plate against the wall"; "Waves were dashing against the rock" [syn: {dash}]
10: undergo a sudden and severe downturn; "the economy crashed"; "will the stock market crash again?"
11: stop operating; "My computer crashed last night"; "The system goes down at least once a week" [syn: {go down}]
12: sleep in a convenient place; "You can crash here, though it's not very comfortable" [syn: {doss}, {doss down}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
404 Moby Thesaurus words for "crash": Waterloo, a habit, accident, acquired tolerance, acute alcoholism, addictedness, addiction, alcoholism, amphetamine withdrawal symptoms, appulse, atomize, awake the dead, bang, bang into, bankruptcy, barbiturate addiction, barbiturism, barge in, be poised, be ruined, bear market, bearish market, beating, become insolvent, billow, blast, blast the ear, blow, boom, bouncing check, break, break in, break in upon, break into pieces, break to pieces, break up, breakdown, breaking up, breakup, brunt, bulldozing, bulling, bump, bump into, burst, burst in, bust, butt in, calamity, cannon, carambole, carom, carom into, cascade, casualty, catabasis, cataclysm, cataract, catastrophe, cave, cave-in, chain smoking, charge in, chronic alcoholism, chute, clap, clash, cocainism, collapse, collide, collision, comb, come between, come down, come into collision, comedown, concuss, concussion, confront each other, conquering, conquest, contretemps, crack, crack up, crack-up, crash in, crash into, crash the gates, craving, crawl in, creep in, crescendo, cropper, crowd in, crump, crunch, crush, cut in, cut to pieces, dash, dash into, deafen, deathblow, debacle, deceleration, declension, declination, decline, decline and fall, declining market, decrescendo, defeat, deflation, defluxion, demolish, dependence, descend, descending, descension, descent, destruction, diffuse, diminuendo, din, dip down, dipsomania, disaster, disperse, disrupt, dive, doss down, down, downbend, downcome, downcurve, downfall, downflow, downgrade, downpour, downrush, downtrend, downturn, downward trend, drive, drop, drop down, drop off, dropping, drubbing, drug addiction, drug culture, drug dependence, dwindling, ebb, ebb and flow, edge in, elbow in, encounter, encroach, entrench, explode, explosion, fail, failure, fall, fall dead, fall down, fall flat, fall foul of, fall in, fall off, fall short, fall stillborn, fall through, falling, fill the air, fission, flap, flop, foist in, fold, fold up, force, foul, fragment, go bankrupt, go broke, go down, go downhill, go into receivership, go to pot, go to smash, go under, go up, gravitate, gravitation, grief, grind, habituation, hammering, heave, hiding, hit, hit against, hit the hay, hit the sack, horn in, hurt, hurtle, ill hap, impact, impinge, impingement, impose, impose on, impose upon, inclination, infiltrate, infringe, insinuate, insolvency, insufficient funds, interfere, interlope, interpose, intervene, intrude, invade, irrupt, jar, jolt, kip down, kited check, knock, knock against, lambasting, lapse, lathering, licking, lift, lose altitude, make mincemeat of, mastery, mauling, meet, meeting, mince, misadventure, mischance, misfortune, mishap, nasty blow, near-miss, nicotine addiction, nose dive, obtrude, off market, onslaught, overcoming, overdraft, overdrawn account, overthrow, overturn, parachute, peak, peal, percuss, percussion, physical dependence, pileup, pitch, plummet, plummeting, plunge, popple, pounce, pour down, pratfall, precipitate, press in, psychological dependence, pulverize, push in, put on, put upon, quietus, rain, ramming, rap, rapids, rattle the windows, receivership, remission, rend the air, rend the ears, report, resound, retreat, retreating market, ring, rise, rise and fall, rock the sky, roll, ruin, run, run into, rush in, sack out, sack up, sag, sagging market, scatter, scend, send, shatter, shipwreck, shiver, shock, shut down, sideswipe, slam, slam into, slap, slat, sledgehammering, slink in, slip in, slowdown, slump, smack, smack into, smash, smash in, smash into, smash up, smash-up, smashing, smashup, sneak in, soft market, splat, splinter, split the eardrums, split the ears, squash, squeeze in, squish, staggering blow, startle the echoes, steal in, stoop, storm in, strike, strike against, stumble, stun, subdual, subduing, subjugation, subsidence, surge, swap, swell, swoop, tailspin, tap, thrashing, throng in, thrust in, thrusting, thunder, thwack, tolerance, topple, toss, total loss, tragedy, trench, trend downward, trespass, trimming, trouncing, tumble, turn in, undoing, undulate, vanquishment, wane, washout, waterfall, wave, whack, wham, whap, whipping, whomp, whop, withdrawal sickness, withdrawal symptoms, work in, worm in, wrack, wreck
From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:
crash
1. n. A sudden, usually drastic failure. Most often said of the {system} (q.v., sense 1), esp. of magnetic disk drives (the term originally described what happens when the air gap of a hard disk collapses). "Three {luser}s lost their files in last night's disk crash." A disk crash that involves the read/write heads dropping onto the surface of the disks and scraping off the oxide may also be referred to as a 'head crash', whereas the term 'system crash' usually, though not always, implies that the operating system or other software was at fault. 2. v. To fail suddenly. "Has the system just crashed?" "Something crashed the OS!" See {down}. Also used transitively to indicate the cause of the crash (usually a person or a program, or both). "Those idiots playing {SPACEWAR} crashed the system." 3. vi. Sometimes said of people hitting the sack after a long {hacking run}; see {gronk out}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
crash
1. A sudden, usually drastic failure. Most often said of the {system}, especially of magnetic disk drives (the term originally described what happened when the air gap of a hard disk collapses). "Three {lusers} lost their files in last night's disk crash." A disk crash that involves the read/write heads dropping onto the surface of the disks and scraping off the oxide may also be referred to as a "head crash", whereas the term "system crash" usually, though not always, implies that the operating system or other software was at fault. 2. To fail suddenly. "Has the system just crashed?" "Something crashed the OS!" See {down}. Also used transitively to indicate the cause of the crash (usually a person or a program, or both). "Those idiots playing {SPACEWAR} crashed the system." [{Jargon File}] (1994-12-01)
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