Definition of Crashing

Adjective: crashing krash-ing

Informal intensifier
"what a crashing nuisance"; "a crashing bore";
- bally [Brit], blinking [Brit], bloody, blooming [Brit], flaming, effing [Brit], freaking

Verb: crash krash

Fall or come down violently
"The branch crashed down on my car"; "The plane crashed in the sea"
Move with, or as if with, a crashing noise
"The car crashed through the glass door"
Undergo damage or destruction on impact
"the plane crashed into the ocean"; "The car crashed into the lamp post";
- ram
Move violently as through a barrier
"The terrorists crashed the gate"
Break violently or noisily; smash;
- break up, break apart
Occupy, usually uninvited
"My son's friends crashed our house last weekend"
Make a sudden loud sound
"the waves crashed on the shore and kept us awake all night"
Enter uninvited; informal
"let's crash the party!"; "let's gate-crash the party!";
- barge in, gate-crash
Cause to collide with something destructively
"The terrorists crashed the plane into the palace"; "Mother crashed the motorbike into the lamppost"
Hurl or thrust violently
"He crashed the plate against the wall";
- dash
Undergo a sudden and severe downturn
"the economy crashed"; "will the stock market crash again?"
Stop operating
"My computer crashed last night";
- go down
Sleep in a convenient place
"You can crash here, though it's not very comfortable";
- doss, doss down