Crash — Defs

01 v. t. To break in pieces violently; to dash together with noise and violence.

imp. & p. p. Crashed; p. pr. & vb. n. Crashing

1.
To break in pieces violently; to dash together with noise and violence.[R.]
“He shakt his head, and crasht his teeth for ire.” — Fairfax.

02 v. i. To make a loud, clattering sound, as of many things falling and breaking at once; to break in pieces with a harsh noise.

1.
To make a loud, clattering sound, as of many things falling and breaking at once; to break in pieces with a harsh noise.
“Roofs were blazing and walls crashing in every part of the city.” — Macaulay.
2.
To break with violence and noise; as, the chimney in falling crashed through the roof.

03 n. A loud, sudden, confused sound, as of many things falling and breaking at once.

1.
A loud, sudden, confused sound, as of many things falling and breaking at once.
“The wreck of matter and the crash of worlds.” — Addison.
2.
Ruin; failure; sudden breaking down, as of a business house or a commercial enterprise. as, the stock market crash of 1929.

04 n. Coarse, heavy, narrow linen cloth, used esp. for towels.