Crash /(krăsh)/

Crash

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Crashed; p. pr. & vb. n. Crashing

  1. To break in pieces violently; to dash together with noise and violence. [R.]
    He shakt his head, and crasht his teeth for ire.

Crash

v. i.
  1. To make a loud, clattering sound, as of many things falling and breaking at once; to break in pieces with a harsh noise.
    Roofs were blazing and walls crashing in every part of the city.
  2. To break with violence and noise; as, the chimney in falling crashed through the roof.

Crash

n.
  1. A loud, sudden, confused sound, as of many things falling and breaking at once.
    The wreck of matter and the crash of worlds.
  2. Ruin; failure; sudden breaking down, as of a business house or a commercial enterprise. as, the stock market crash of 1929.

Crash

n.
  1. Coarse, heavy, narrow linen cloth, used esp. for towels.