Definition of crash
crash 
intransitive verb
- to sleep.
I crashed over at his house last night.
I was so tired after work I just crashed.
by Anonymous, Oct 01 2001.
noun
- A sudden, usually drastic failure.
My computer suffered a pretty bad crash.
transitive verb
- to arrive unexpectedly and uninvited, esp. to a social function such as a party or ceremony. Origin: perhaps derived from a vehicular accident ("crash") which is both unexpected and unwanted.
I hate people who crash my party
by Ryan L., Washington, DC, USA, Oct 14 1998.
- To fail suddenly.
Has the system just crashed?
Something crashed the OS!
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- crash: crash and burn – crash out
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