crash

Universal Words noun, verb, adjective noun vehicle accident 1 (AmE also wreck) an accident in which a vehicle hits sth, for example another vehicle, usually causing damage and often injuring or killing the passengers: A girl was killed yesterday in a crash involving a stolen car. * a car / plane crash loud noise 2 [usuallysing.] a sudden loud noise made, for example, by sth falling or breaking: She heard the crash of shattering glass as the vehicles collided. * The tree fell with a great crash. * The first distant crash of thunder shook the air. in finance / business 3 a sudden serious fall in the price or value of sth; the occasion when a business, etc. fails: the 1987 stock market crash computing 4 a sudden failure of a machine or system, especially of a computer or computer system: A systems crash in the morning and a bomb scare in the afternoon provided enough excitement for one day. verb of vehicle 1 ~ (sth) (into sth) if a vehicle crashes or the driver crashes it, it hits an object or another vehicle, causing damage: [V] I was terrified that the plane would crash. * We're going to crash, aren't we? * A truck went out of control and crashed into the back of a bus. * [VN] He crashed his car into a wall. hit hard / loud noise 2 to hit sth hard while moving, causing noise and/or damage; to make sth hit sb/sth in this way: [V, +adv./prep.] A brick crashed through the window. * With a sweep of his hand he sent the glasses crashing to the floor. * [V-ADJ] The door crashed open. * [VN-ADJ] She stormed out of the room and crashed the door shut behind her. 3 [V] to make a loud noise: Thunder crashed overhead. in finance / business 4 [V] (of prices, a business, shares, etc.) to lose value or fail suddenly and quickly: Share prices crashed to an all-time low yesterday. * The company crashed with debts of ｣50 million. computing 5 if a computer crashes or you crash a computer, it stops working suddenly: [V] Files can be lost if the system suddenly crashes. [also VN] party 6 [VN] (informal) = GATECRASH in sport 7 [V] [usually +adv./prep.] (especially BrE) to lose very badly in a sports game: The team crashed to their worst defeat this season. sleep 8 [V] ~ (out) (informal) to fall asleep; to sleep somewhere you do not usually sleep: I was so tired I crashed out on the sofa. * I've come to crash on your floor for a couple of nights. medical 9 [V] if sb crashes, their heart stops beating IDIOMS a crashing bore (old-fashioned, BrE) a very boring person adjective [onlybeforenoun] involving hard work or a lot of effort over a short period of time in order to achieve quick results: a crash course in computer programming * a crash diet