crash Meaning and Definition

1. n. the act of colliding with something

2. n. a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles)

3. n. a loud resonant repeating noise

4. n. a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)

5. n. (computer science) an event that causes a computer system to become inoperative

6. v. sleep in a convenient place

7. v. stop operating

8. v. undergo a sudden and severe downturn

9. v. hurl or thrust violently

10. v. undergo damage or destruction on impact

11. v. break violently or noisily; smash

12. v. cause to crash

13. v. fall or come down violently

14. v. enter uninvited; informal

15. v. move violently as through a barrier

16. v. move with, or as if with, a crashing noise

17. v. occupy, usually uninvited