Dictionary Entry
crash
crash is a 5-letter English word with 24 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To break in pieces violently; to dash together with noise and violence. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 10 · 24 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To break in pieces violently; to dash together with noise and violence.
- 2intransitive verb
To make a loud, clattering sound, as of many things falling and breaking at once; to break in pieces with a harsh noise.
- 3intransitive verb
To break with violence and noise; as, the chimney in falling crashed through the roof.
- 4noun
A loud, sudden, confused sound, as of many things falling and breaking at once.
- 5noun
Ruin; failure; sudden breaking down, as of a business house or a commercial enterprise.
- 6noun
Coarse, heavy, narrow linen cloth, used esp. for towels.
- 7noun
the act of colliding with something
"his crash through the window"
"the fullback's smash into the defensive line"
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- 8noun
a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles)
"they are still investigating the crash of the TWA plane"
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- 9noun
a loud resonant repeating noise
"he could hear the clang of distant bells"
- 10noun
a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)
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- 11noun
(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"
- 12verb
sleep in a convenient place
"You can crash here, though it's not very comfortable"
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- 13verb
stop operating
"My computer crashed last night"
"The system goes down at least once a week"
- 14verb
undergo a sudden and severe downturn
"the economy crashed"
"will the stock market crash again?"
- 15verb
hurl or thrust violently
"He dashed the plate against the wall"
"Waves were dashing against the rock"
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- 16verb
undergo damage or destruction on impact
"the plane crashed into the ocean"
"The car crashed into the lamp post"
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- 17verb
break violently or noisily; smash
- 18verb
cause to crash
"The terrorists crashed the plane into the palace"
"Mother crashed the motorbike into the lamppost"
- 19verb
fall or come down violently
"The branch crashed down on my car"
"The plane crashed in the sea"
- 20verb
enter uninvited; informal
"let's crash the party!"
- 21verb
move violently as through a barrier
"The terrorists crashed the gate"
- 22verb
move with, or as if with, a crashing noise
"The car crashed through the glass door"
- 23verb
make a sudden loud sound
"the waves crashed on the shore and kept us awake all night"
- 24verb
occupy, usually uninvited
"My son's friends crashed our house last weekend"
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