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Pronunciation
IPA|/kɹæ�/
audio|en-us-crash.ogg|Audio (US)

Etymology 1
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Noun
en-noun|crashes

1. An automobile, airplane, or other vehicle accident.
2. A computer malfunction that is caused by faulty software, and makes the system either partially or totally inoperable.
3. A loud sound as made for example by cymbals.
4. A comedown of a drug.
5. A herd of rhinoceroses.

#* post|1991 Patrick F. McManus?, �Nincompoopery and Other Group Terms�, in The Grasshopper Trap, Henry Holt and Company, ISBN 0-8050-0111-5, page 103,
#*: One of my favorites among the terms of groups of creatures is a crash of rhinoceros. I can imagine an African guide saying to his client, �Shoot, dammit, shoot! Here comes the whole bloody crash of rhinoceros!�
#*: [�] Personally, I think I�d just as soon come across a crash of rhinoceros as a knot of toad.
#* 1998, E. Melanie Watt, Black Rhinos, page 19
#*: The largest group of black rhinos reported was made up of 13 individuals. A group of rhinos is called a crash.
#* 1999, Edward Osborne Wilson, The Diversity of Life, page 126
#*: Out in the water a crash of rhinoceros-like animals browse belly deep through a bed of aquatic plants.
#* 2003, Claude Herve-Bazin, Judith Farr Kenya and Tanzania, page 23
#*: The crash of rhinoceros at Tsavo now numbers almost 200.

Translations
trans-top|vehicle accident
Finnish: t-|fi|onnettomuus, t|fi|törmäys, t|fi|kolari
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trans-top|computer malfunction
Finnish: t-|fi|kaatuminen
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trans-top|loud sound
Finnish: t|fi|rysähdys
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trans-top|comedown of a drug
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trans-top|herd of rhinos
Finnish: t-|fi|lauma
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ttbc|Danish: brag n
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Derived terms
crash and burn
crash course
crashpad

Adjective
en-adj

1. quick, fast, intensive

#: crash course
#: crash diet

Translations
trans-top|quick, fast, intensive
Finnish: t|fi|pika-, t|fi|intensiivi-
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Verb
en-verb|crash|es

1. intransitive to collide with something destructively
2. intransitive to make informal temporary living arrangments

#: Hey dude, can I crash at your pad?

1. intransitive (of a computer program) to terminate extraordinary|extraordinarily
2. transitive to severely damage or destroy something by causing it to collide with something else
3. transitiveslang to turn up at or join a social event without having been invited

Translations
trans-top|to collide with something
Finnish: t|fi|törmätä
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Spanish: t+|es|chocar
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trans-top|to make informal temporary living arrangments
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trans-top|of a computer program: to terminate unexpectedly
Finnish: t+|fi|kaatua
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trans-top|to severely damage or destroy something by causing it to collide with something else
Finnish: t-|fi|romuttaa
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trans-top|slang: to turn up at a social event without having been invited
Finnish: t|fi|kuokkia
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Etymology 2
From Russian (krashenina), coarse linen

Noun
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1. context|fibre Plain linen.

Translations
trans-top|plain, rough linen
Finnish: t|fi|rohdin
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Category:English ergative verbs

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fr:crash
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nl:crash
pl:crash
ru:crash
fi:crash
te:crash
vi:crash
zh:crash

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