1. (

• crash ,

) fall or come down violently; "The branch crashed down on my car"; "The plane crashed in the sea" ;

2. (

• crash ,

) move with, or as if with, a crashing noise; "The car crashed through the glass door" ;

3. (

• crash ,
• ram ,

) undergo damage or destruction on impact; "the plane crashed into the ocean"; "The car crashed into the lamp post" ;

4. (

• crash ,

) move violently as through a barrier; "The terrorists crashed the gate" ;

5. (

• crash ,
• break_up ,
• break_apart

) break violently or noisily; smash ;

6. (

• crash

) occupy, usually uninvited; "My son's friends crashed our house last weekend" ;

7. (

• crash

) make a sudden loud sound; "the waves crashed on the shore and kept us awake all night" ;

8. (

• barge_in ,
• crash ,
• gate-crash

) enter uninvited; informal; "let's crash the party!" ;

9. (

• crash ,

) cause to crash; "The terrorists crashed the plane into the palace"; "Mother crashed the motorbike into the lamppost" ;

10. (

• crash ,
• dash ,

) hurl or thrust violently; "He dashed the plate against the wall"; "Waves were dashing against the rock" ;

11. (

• crash ,

) undergo a sudden and severe downturn; "the economy crashed"; "will the stock market crash again?" ;

12. (

• crash ,
• go_down ,

) stop operating; "My computer crashed last night"; "The system goes down at least once a week" ;

13. (

• doss ,
• doss_down ,
• crash

) sleep in a convenient place; "You can crash here, though it's not very comfortable" ;