Topic: STOCKS AND SHARES
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| Date: | 1300-1400 |
| Origin: | Probably from the sound |
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crash1
1 to have an accident in a car, plane etc by violently hitting something else [↪ collide]: The jet crashed after take-off.
car/plane etc
[intransitive and transitive]TTThe jet crashed after take-off.2 to hit something or someone extremely hard while moving, in a way that causes a lot of damage or makes a lot of noise
hit somebody/something hard
[intransitive,transitive always + adverb/preposition]TT crash into/through etc A brick crashed through the window. We watched the waves crashing against the rocks.
A brick crashed through the window.We watched the waves crashing against the rocks.3 to make a sudden loud noise : Thunder crashed and boomed outside.
loud noise
[intransitive]CThunder crashed and boomed outside.4TD if a computer crashes, or if you crash the computer, it suddenly stops working : The system crashed and I lost three hours' worth of work.
computer
[intransitive and transitive]TDThe system crashed and I lost three hours' worth of work.5 if a stock market or shares crash, they suddenly lose a lot of value
financial
[intransitive]BFS6 to lose very badly in a sports event :
sport
[intransitive] British English7
sleep
[intransitive] spokena) to stay at someone's house for the night : Can I crash at your place on Saturday night?
Can I crash at your place on Saturday night?b) also crash out to go to bed, or go to sleep very quickly, because you are very tired : I crashed out on the sofa this afternoon.
I crashed out on the sofa this afternoon.8 to go to a party that you have not been invited to : We crashed Joe's party yesterday.
party
[transitive] informalWe crashed Joe's party yesterday.