Noun
1. a loud resonant repeating noise;
"he could hear the clang of distant bells"2. a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles);
"they are still investigating the crash of the TWA plane"3. a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)
4. the act of colliding with something;
"his crash through the window""the fullback's smash into the defensive line"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"4. move violently as through a barrier;
"The terrorists crashed the gate"5. break violently or noisily; smash;
6. occupy, usually uninvited;
"My son's friends crashed our house last weekend"7. enter uninvited; informal;
"let's crash the party!"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"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"12. sleep in a convenient place;
"You can crash here, though it's not very comfortable"