crash
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
business
computing
ecology
engineering
finance
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: From Middle English crasshen, crasschen, craschen (“to break into pieces”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from a variant of earlier *crasken, from crasen (“to break”) + -k (formative suffix); or from earlier *craskien, *craksien, a variant of craken (“to crack, break open”) (for form development compare break, brask, brash).
Base: crasen
Affixes: -k
Inflected forms:
form: crashes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A sudden, intense, loud sound, as made for example by cymbals.
pos: noun
examples: The piece ended in a crescendo, building up to a crash of cymbals.
After the lightning came the crash of thunder.
gloss: An automobile, airplane, or other vehicle accident.
pos: noun
examples: She broke two bones in her body in a car crash.
Nobody survived the plane crash.
gloss: A malfunction of computer software or hardware which causes it to shut down or become partially or totally inoperable.
pos: noun
examples: My computer had a crash so I had to reboot it.
gloss: A sudden large decline in the value of money, stocks or other assets, etc., especially one that causes additional economic difficulties.
pos: noun
examples: the stock market crash
gloss: A comedown from a drug.
pos: noun
tags: informal
gloss: A group of rhinoceroses.
pos: noun
tags: collective
examples: One of my favorites among the terms of groups of creatures is a crash of rhinoceros. I can imagine an African guide saying to his client, “Shoot, dammit, shoot! Here comes the whole bloody crash of rhinoceros!”
[…] Personally, I think I’d just as soon come across a crash of rhinoceros as a knot of toad.
The largest group of black rhinos reported was made up of 13 individuals. A group of rhinos is called a crash.
Out in the water a crash of rhinoceros-like animals browse belly deep through a bed of aquatic plants.
The crash of rhinoceros at Tsavo now numbers almost 200.
gloss: A sudden decline in any living form's population levels, often leading to extinction.
pos: noun
gloss: Quick, fast, intensive, impromptu.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: crash course
crash diet
Derived words: aircrash
anticrash
autocrash
car crash
cash for crash
crash axe
crash bar
crash barrier
crash blossom
crash boat
crash box
crash cart
crash course
crash cymbal
crash diet
crash dive
crashdump
crash dump
Crashgate
crash gearbox
crash helmet
crash hot
crash-hot
crash land
crash landing
crashless
crashlike
crash mat
crashmat
crashmate
crash out
crash pad
crashproof
crash-proof
crash scissors
crash space
crash stop
crash tackle
crash team
crash tender
crash test
crash trolley
crashworthy
crash zoom
head crash
line crash
midcrash
postcrash
precrash
stock market crash
train crash
Translations:
lang: Belarusian
word: крах
roman: krax
lang: Bulgarian
word: крах
roman: krah
lang: Bulgarian
word: прова́л
roman: provál
lang: Catalan
word: crac
lang: Dutch
word: crash
lang: Dutch
word: beurscrash
lang: Finnish
word: romahdus
lang: French
word: krach
lang: Georgian
word: კრახი
roman: ḳraxi
lang: Irish
word: cliseadh
lang: Italian
word: crollo
lang: Italian
word: crack
lang: Korean
word: 파산
roman: pasan
lang: Māori
word: papahorotanga
lang: Polish
word: krach
lang: Romanian
word: crah
lang: Russian
word: крах
roman: krax
lang: Russian
word: прова́л
roman: provál
lang: Russian
word: колла́пс
roman: kolláps
lang: Spanish
word: crac
lang: Swedish
word: ras
lang: Ukrainian
word: крах
roman: krax
lang: Finnish
word: lauma