crash¹ /krash/

1. A noise as of things breaking or being crushed by falling
2. The shock of two bodies meeting
3. A collision between vehicles, etc
4. The failure of a commercial undertaking
5. Economic collapse
6. A fall or rush to destruction
7. The complete breakdown of a computer system or program
8. The disagreeable after-effects of a high (drug sl)

1. Planned to meet an emergency quickly
2. Involving suddenness, speed or short-term intensive effort

1. To dash or fall to pieces with a loud noise
2. To move with a harsh noise
3. To collide or cause to collide with another vehicle, etc
4. To fall or cause (an aircraft) to fall violently to earth or into the sea, usu with extensive damage
5. To gatecrash (informal)
6. To break down or cause (a computer system or program) to break down completely

1. To come to grief, fail disastrously
2. To suffer the unpleasant after-effects of a high (drug sl)
3. To crash out (slang)

crashˈing adjective (informal)

Extreme, overwhelming, esp in a crashing bore

crashˈworthiness noun

The ability of a product to withstand a crash

crashˈworthy adjective

crash barrier noun

A protective barrier, usu of steel, placed eg along the edge of a road or the central reservation of a motorway

crash course noun

A short-lasting but intensive programme of instruction

• by-forms
• by-going
• by-goings
• bygone
• bygones
• by half
• by halves
• by hand
• by heart
• by hook or by crook
• by inches
• by itself
• by Jove
• byke
• byked
• bykes
• byking
• bylander
• by-lane
• by-lanes
• bylaw
• bylaws
• by leaps and bounds
• byline
• bylines