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Definition of a crash

crash    

noun

verb - ambitransitive

verb - intransitive

  • to sleep.
    I crashed over at his house last night.
    I was so tired after work I just crashed.
    She's kind of a sketcher. I can't believe you let her crash at your place.
    • See more words with the same meaning: to sleep.

    Last edited on Sep 23 2012. Submitted by Anonymous on Oct 01 2001.

  • to live temporarily.
    Person A: Do you have your own place yet?

    Person B: No, I'm crashing at a friend's place in Midtown for now.
                                                                                   

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

    Citation from "You've Got Male", Happy Endings (TV), Season 1 Episode 9 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

    Last edited on Jul 26 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jul 13 2011.

verb - transitive

  • 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.

    Last edited on Oct 14 1998. Submitted by Ryan L. from Washington, DC, USA on Oct 14 1998.

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Other terms relating to 'a mistake, bad idea, wrong, inappropriate':

Definitions include: See my bad.
Definitions include: inappropriate or unacceptable.
Definitions include: to accidentally press a button or key adjacent to the desired one, e.g. while typing on a keyboard or entering a phone number.
Definitions include: very good, excellent; "cool"; "awesome".
Definitions include: to kill.
Definitions include: something self-defeating.
Definitions include: a disappointing event.
Definitions include: Most uses of "shit" also work with "crap", except where noted below.
Definitions include: to jokingly deceive.
Definitions include: a funny or silly person. Also goof-ball.
Definitions include: a mean person; "jerk"; "asshole".
Definitions include: prone to inappropriate touching with one's hands.
Definitions include: "situation".
Definitions include: broken.
Definitions include: acronym for "Joint Army [and] Navy fuck-up", i.e. a large mistake caused by both the Army and the Navy.

Other terms relating to 'computer slang':

Definitions include: a "mode" activated by typing in all capital letters.
Definitions include: acronym of "away from keyboard."
Definitions include: an Internet "Law" (i.e. observation that often holds true) formulated by Mike Godwin.
Definitions include: pejorative name for Microsoft Windows.
Definitions include: to search the world wide web for references that would enlarge a person's ego.
Definitions include: acronym for "shaking my fucking head".
Definitions include: acronym for "in real life".
Definitions include: a "syndrome" involving a company's hesitance or refusal to use any idea or product it didn't invent or create.
Definitions include: acronym for "on my God, what the fuck."
Definitions include: nauseous, irritable, with an aching body and headaches, as a result of staying awake too long.
Definitions include: in computing, of a data transformation, one which does not retain all of the data.
Definitions include: a person who has problems using modern technology.
Definitions include: acronym for "I don't give a shit".
Definitions include: acronym for "for real".
Definitions include: "algorithmic".

Other terms relating to 'to annoy, interfere, intrude':

Definitions include: something hard to find.
Definitions include: to annoy, pester, bother.
Definitions include: to bring up a subject that was resolved (or should have been resolved) long ago.
Definitions include: to bother, test, annoy, push.
Definitions include: to be great, exciting, or fun.
Definitions include: to ruin a person's positive mood; "harsh (one's) mellow".
Definitions include: an unattractive female or one with a bad reputation.
Definitions include: to reduce or destroy a person's good mood.
Definitions include: to really annoy or upset.
Definitions include: a friend.
Definitions include: a large commotion.
Definitions include: to joke around with someone.
Definitions include: to annoy.
Definitions include: to interfere with a male's attempt to talk to a prospective romantic or sexual partner.
Definitions include: to pester or annoy.

Other terms relating to 'to make a mistake, be incorrect, err':

Definitions include: sexual activity.
Definitions include: to be of poor quality, displeasing.
Definitions include: a funny or silly person. Also goof-ball.
Definitions include: to take LSD.
Definitions include: to accidentally press a button or key adjacent to the desired one, e.g. while typing on a keyboard or entering a phone number.
Definitions include: an erection.
Definitions include: a person or object that erred.
Definitions include: to not like something you like.
Definitions include: to mess up.
Definitions include: to severely injure (a person) or damage or ruin (a thing.)
Definitions include: to perform terribly.
Definitions include: See own goal.
Definitions include: "Bollocks" is also the present tense and plural form of bollock.
Definitions include: to be mistaken.
Definitions include: a feature of a specific technology that makes it easy to shoot (one's self) in the foot.

Other terms relating to 'to sleep':

Definitions include: to sleep.
Definitions include: sleep.
Definitions include: misspelling of "gooch".
Definitions include: sound asleep.
Definitions include: to go home and/or go to bed.
Definitions include: something boring.
Definitions include: extremely intoxicated.
Definitions include: a short nap.
Definitions include: to fall asleep due to drugs, especially opiates (such as heroin.)
Definitions include: sleep.
Definitions include: to sleep.
Definitions include: to go to bed.
Definitions include: a short nap.
Definitions include: to rest.
Definitions include: to be asleep, often (but not always) in a place other than one's own bed.

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Other terms relating to 'crash':

Definitions include: Crash and burn.
Definitions include: of an attempt to attract a member of the opposite sex, to fail miserably.
Definitions include: a very short education in a subject.
Definitions include: great.
Definitions include: to fall asleep.

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