ALL meanings of crashing
crash·ing
C c - adjective crashing (intensifier) (esp in the phrase a crashing bore) 3
- adjective crashing thorough; complete 3
- noun crashing Complete; total (used for emphasis). 1
- adjective crashing characterized by an intensive effort, especially to deal with an emergency, meet a deadline, etc.: a crash plan to house flood victims; a crash diet. 1
- verb without object crashing to make a loud, clattering noise, as of something dashed to pieces. 1
- verb without object crashing to break or fall to pieces with noise. 1
- verb without object crashing (of moving vehicles, objects, etc.) to collide, especially violently and noisily. 1
- verb without object crashing to move or go with a crash; strike with a crash. 1
- verb without object crashing Aeronautics. to land in an abnormal manner, usually causing severe damage: The airliner crashed. 1
- verb without object crashing to collapse or fail suddenly, as a financial enterprise: The stock market crashed. 1
- verb without object crashing Informal. to gain admittance to a party, performance, etc., without an invitation, ticket, or permission. 1
- verb without object crashing Slang. to sleep. to have a temporary place to sleep or live without payment: He let me crash at his house. to fall asleep: I get home in the evening and I just crash till it's time for dinner. 1
- verb without object crashing Slang. to experience unpleasant sensations, as sudden exhaustion or depression, when a drug, especially an amphetamine, wears off. 1
- verb without object crashing Medicine/Medical Slang. to suffer cardiac arrest. 1
- verb without object crashing Ecology. (of a population) to decline rapidly. 1
- verb without object crashing Computers. to shut down because of a malfunction of hardware or software. 1
- verb with object crashing to break into pieces violently and noisily; shatter. 1
- verb with object crashing to force or drive with violence and noise (usually followed by in, through, out, etc.). 1
- verb with object crashing Aeronautics. to cause (an aircraft) to make a landing in an abnormal manner, usually damaging or wrecking the aircraft. 1
- verb with object crashing Informal. to gain admittance to, even though uninvited: to crash a party. to enter without a ticket, permission, etc.: to crash the gate at a football game. 1
- noun crashing a sudden loud noise, as of something being violently smashed or struck: the crash of thunder. 1
- noun crashing a breaking or falling to pieces with loud noise: the sudden crash of dishes. 1
- noun crashing a collision or crashing, as of automobiles, trains, etc. 1
- noun crashing the shock of collision and breaking. 1
- noun crashing a sudden and violent falling to ruin. 1
- noun crashing a sudden general collapse of a business enterprise, prosperity, the stock market, etc.: the crash of 1929. 1
- noun crashing Aeronautics. an act or instance of crashing. 1
- noun crashing Ecology. a sudden, rapid decline in the size of a population. 1
- noun crashing The sound or action of something that crashes. 0
- verb crashing present participle of crash. 0