crashing Definition

crash
verb crashes, crashed, crashing

tr & intr
1. To fall or strike with a banging or smashing noise.

Thesaurus: smash, shatterbang.
tr & intr
2. Said of a vehicle: to collide or cause it to collide with something.

Thesaurus: collide, wreck, rear-end (US).
Form: crash into something (often)
intr
3. To make a deafening noise.
intr
4. To move noisily.
intr
5. Said of a business or stock exchange: to collapse.
intr
6. Said of a computer or program: to fail completely, because of a malfunction or fluctuation in the power supply, etc.
7. To cause a computer system or program to break down completely.
8. slang
To gatecrash (a party, etc).
9a. slang
To fall asleep;
Form: crash out (often)
9b. slang
To sleep at someone else's place.
Form: crash out (often)

noun crashes

1. A violent impact or breakage, or the sound of it.
2. A deafening noise.

Thesaurus: clash, bang, clatter, din, clap, boom.
3. A traffic or aircraft accident; a collision.

Thesaurus: collision, wreck, accident, crack-up (slang), pile-up, fender-bender (US slang).
4. The collapse of a business or the stock exchange.
5. The failure of a computer or program.
6. Concentrated or intensive, so as to produce results in minimum time.

Example: a crash diet

Etymology: 14c: imitating the sound.

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crashing
adj

1. colloq
Utter; extreme.
Example: a crashing bore