crashing Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb fall or come down violently
   crash.
   
   • The branch crashed down on my car
   • The plane crashed in the sea
2. verb move with, or as if with, a crashing noise
   crash.
   
   • The car crashed through the glass door
3. verb undergo damage or destruction on impact
   ram; crash.
   
   • the plane crashed into the ocean
   • The car crashed into the lamp post
4. verb move violently as through a barrier
   crash.
   
   • The terrorists crashed the gate
5. verb break violently or noisily; smash;
   break apart; crash; break up.
   
6. verb occupy, usually uninvited
   crash.
   
   • My son's friends crashed our house last weekend
7. verb make a sudden loud sound
   crash.
   
   • the waves crashed on the shore and kept us awake all night
8. verb enter uninvited; informal
   gate-crash; crash; barge in.
   
   • let's crash the party!
9. verb cause to crash
   crash.
   
   • The terrorists crashed the plane into the palace
   • Mother crashed the motorbike into the lamppost
10. verb hurl or thrust violently
    dash; crash.
    
    • He dashed the plate against the wall
    • Waves were dashing against the rock
11. verb undergo a sudden and severe downturn
    crash.
    
    • the economy crashed
    • will the stock market crash again?
12. verb stop operating
    go down; crash.
    
    • My computer crashed last night
    • The system goes down at least once a week
13. verb sleep in a convenient place
    doss; crash; doss down.
    
    • You can crash here, though it's not very comfortable
14. adjective satellite informal intensifiers
    fucking; bally; flaming; blinking; bloody; blooming.
    
    • what a bally (or blinking) nuisance
    • a bloody fool
    • a crashing bore
    • you flaming idiot

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