CRASH
What does "CRASH" mean?
To collide violently and noisily, or to break with a sudden loud impact.
Meanings
- To hit something with force, causing damage and a loud noise. The truck skidded on ice and crashed into the barrier.
- A sudden loud noise made by something breaking or colliding. We heard a crash from the kitchen and found the shelf had fallen.
- Of a computer or system, to stop working suddenly. My laptop crashed before I could save the document. technical
- A sudden severe fall in the value of stocks or the economy. Thousands lost their savings in the market crash.
- To stay somewhere temporarily, often to sleep. Can I crash on your couch tonight? informal
Did you know?
- After the 1929 stock market crash, the Dow Jones lost so much ground that it did not climb back to its 1929 peak until November 1954 - a full 25 years later.
Word origin
A 14th-century imitative coinage in English, blending 'crase' (to shatter) with 'dash'; the word is built to sound like the noise it names.
Remember it
CRASH is onomatopoeia: say it loud and you hear the impact - C-R-A-S-H is the sound, not just a label for it.
A little poem
Two headlights, then glass-
a single second unspools
into silent snow.
haiku
Wordplay
- I told my computer I needed a break, so now it won't stop crashing.
What it teaches
The loudest moment is rarely the one that matters; what you build before the crash is what survives it.
Quick facts
What does CRASH mean?
To collide violently and noisily, or to break with a sudden loud impact.
Is CRASH a valid word?
Yes — CRASH is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is CRASH?
CRASH has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does CRASH come from?
A 14th-century imitative coinage in English, blending 'crase' (to shatter) with 'dash'; the word is built to sound like the noise it names.
What can CRASH teach us?
The loudest moment is rarely the one that matters; what you build before the crash is what survives it.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.