crash dietv.
/ˌkraʃ ˈdʌɪət/, U.S. /ˌkræʃ ˈdaɪət/ transitive (reflexive). To put (oneself) on a diet intended to result in very rapid weight loss through severe restrictions on calorie intake over a relatively short period of time. Also (and now chiefly) intransitive: to embark on such a diet.Occasionally also transitive: to lose (a specified amount of weight) rapidly as a result of embarking on such a diet (cf. quot. 1991).
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1958 Salt Lake Tribune 14 Mar. a10/1 She tried to ‘crash diet’ herself down to the sylph-like form of high fashion models.
1991 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 9 Feb. 43 [He] crash-dieted a massive 41 kilos..in his determined bid to get on camera.
2012 C. Boyle Healthy Tipping Point Introd. 10 Anyone who has crash dieted understands that fast, drastic results are rarely maintainable in the long run.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2022).
crash dietn.
/ˌkraʃ ˈdʌɪət/, U.S. /ˌkræʃ ˈdaɪət/ A diet intended to result in very rapid weight loss through severe restrictions on calorie intake over a relatively short period of time.
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1956 Detroit Free Press 11 June (Metro Final ed.) 24/3 This ‘crash’ diet, said the Rockefeller scientists, not only provides a balance of nourishment but, surprisingly, will also satisfy the dieter's hunger pangs.
1987 V. Principal Diet Principal 117 Let's get it straight right up front—I do not believe in crash diets... Most crash diets are temporary, and unsuccessful.
2004 Slimming World Mar. 8/2 At 21, she managed to lose 6st on an extreme, 400-calorie crash diet.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2022).
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