crashes

Meaning of crashes

verb, 3rd person present
  1. (of a vehicle) collide violently with an obstacle or another vehicle.
    a racing car had crashed, wrecking a safety barrier
    the stolen car she was riding in crashed into a tree
  2. move or cause to move with force, speed, and sudden loud noise.
    huge waves crashed down on to us
    she crashed down the telephone receiver
  3. (of shares, a business, etc.) suddenly drop in value or fail.
    the shares crashed to 329p
  4. (of a computer, computing system, or software) fail suddenly.
    the project was postponed because the computer crashed
  5. enter (a party) without an invitation; gatecrash.
  6. go to sleep, especially suddenly or in an improvised setting.
    what was it you said just before I crashed out ?
plural noun
  1. a violent collision, typically of one vehicle with another or with an object.
    a car crash
  2. a sudden loud noise as of something breaking or hitting another object.
    he slammed the phone down with a crash
  3. a sudden disastrous drop in the value or price of something.
    the 1987 stock-market crash
  4. a sudden failure which puts a computer system out of action.
    system crashes are an everyday hazard

late Middle English: imitative, perhaps partly suggested by craze and dash.

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Hyphenation of crashes

crashes

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 7 chars.
  • crashes is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

crashes synonyms

Meaning bring one's hand or a tool or weapon into contact with (someone or something) quickly and forcefully:

hit

Meaning hit forcibly and deliberately with one's hand or a weapon or other implement:

strike

Meaning roughly force (something) into place:

ram

Meaning come into forcible contact with another object:

impact

Meaning run or travel somewhere in a great hurry:

dash

Meaning strike repeatedly with hard blows:

batter

Meaning a unit of weight equal to 16 oz. avoirdupois (0.4536 kg), or 12 oz. troy (0.3732 kg):

pound

Meaning strike repeatedly with the fists:

pummel

Meaning strike or beat with a whip or stick:

lash

Meaning shut (a door, window, or lid) forcefully and loudly:

slam

Meaning (with reference to something such as a door) open or close noisily:

bang

Meaning smash, drive, or put forcefully into or on to something:

smack

Meaning be unsuccessful in achieving one's goal:

fail

Meaning (of a structure) suddenly fall down or give way:

collapse

Meaning a person who manufactures articles of cast metal; the owner or operator of a foundry:

founder

Meaning fall, move, or hang in a loose and ungainly way:

flop

Meaning fail to increase; remain static:

flatline

Meaning enter (a party or other gathering) without an invitation or ticket:

gatecrash

Meaning (of an armed force) enter (a country or region) so as to subjugate or occupy it:

invade

Meaning a crash involving road or other vehicles:

accident

Meaning an instance of one moving object or person striking violently against another:

collision

Meaning a light blow or a jolting collision:

bump

Meaning the action of a train or tram leaving its tracks accidentally:

derailment

Meaning an act or sound of something smashing:

smash

Meaning the destruction of a ship at sea; a shipwreck:

wreck

Meaning an act of pushing or shoving something:

shunt

Meaning a crash involving a motor vehicle or aircraft:

prang

Meaning a sudden sharp or explosive noise:

crack

Meaning a loud, deep, resonant sound:

boom

Meaning a dull, heavy sound, such as that made by an object falling to the ground:

thud

Meaning a heavy deadened sound:

thump

Meaning a dull sound such as that made by heavy metal objects striking together:

clunk

Meaning an abrupt, heavy sound of impact:

clonk

Meaning a loud jarring sound, as of metal objects being struck together:

clash

Meaning a loud, resonant metallic sound or series of sounds:

clang

Meaning a sudden loud noise of or like an explosion or gunfire:

report

Meaning a violent shattering or blowing apart of something, as is caused by a bomb:

explosion

Meaning the action of causing a bomb or explosive device to explode:

detonation

Meaning the firing of a gun or cannon:

shot

Meaning a bat with a round or oval frame strung with catgut, nylon, etc., used especially in tennis, badminton, and squash:

racket

Meaning a loud, unpleasant, and prolonged noise:

din

Meaning used to express the sound of a forcible impact:

wham

Meaning a dull or muffled thudding sound:

whump

Anagrams of crashes

cashers, chasers, eschars

Words that rhyme with crashes

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