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crash(1)(dictionary)
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crash(dictionary)
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crash 1, verb(dictionary)

ballata (iou) and crash(1) (iou)


ballata (iou)



ballata noun1. . M18.

An Italian ballad; an old Italian verse-form in which the refrain occurs at the beginning and the end of each stanza.

crash(1) (iou)



crash noun1 & adjective1. E16.
[from the verb.]
A. noun.
A bout of revelry, fighting, etc.; a short spell, a spurt. E16-M18.
A sudden loud noise as of a violent collision or of shattering; the sound of thunder, loud Music, etc.; violent percussion or breakage. L16.
Pope The whole forest in one crash descends. J. Cheever The crash of the sea outside. A. Ayckbourn A distant crash of colliding vehicles.
Hunting. The outcry made by hounds when they find the game. L18.
fig. A sudden ruin, failure, or collapse, esp. of a financial undertaking or of a computer system. L18.
J. W. Krutch A depression by comparison with which that following the crash of 1929 would seem like boom time.
A violent impact or fall; esp. the collision of a vehicle or aircraft with another, with a fixed object, or with land or water; (the wreckage at) the scene of such a collision. E20.
Daily Telegraph 70 feared dead in rail crash.
Comb.: crash barrier: along a carriageway, racetrack, etc., to stop out-of-control vehicles; crash cymbal: suspended by a cord and struck with a drumstick; crash-dive noun & verb (a) noun a sudden dive made by a submarine in an emergency; a dive by an aircraft ending in a crash; (b) verb intrans. make a crash-dive; crash-halt a sudden stop by a vehicle; crash-helmet: worn, esp. by motorcyclists, to protect the head in case of a crash; crash-helmeted adjective wearing a crash-helmet; crash-land verb intrans. make a crash-landing; crash-landing a landing by an aircraft with a crash, usu. without lowering the undercarriage; crash pad slang a place to sleep, esp. in an emergency; crash-stop = crash-halt above; crash-tackle verb & noun (Football) (a) verb trans. & intrans. tackle vigorously; (b) noun a vigorous tackle.
b. attrib. or as adjective. Done rapidly, intensively, or urgently. M20.
crash course, crash diet, crash programme, etc.
crashworthiness noun the quality in an aircraft or motor vehicle that increases its safety in the event of a crash M20.
crashworthy adjective relatively well able to withstand a crash M20.