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adjective
- 1. complete; total (used for emphasis): informal "a crashing bore"
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uk / ˈkræʃ.ɪŋ / us / ˈkræʃ.ɪŋ /. Add to word list. loud noises made when things break or fall: I could hear crashing in the next room. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Sounds made by objects, movement or impact. bang around phrasal verb. bleep. boop.
1. : utter, absolute. a crashing bore. 2. : superlative. a crashing effect. crashingly. ˈkra-shiŋ-lē. adverb. Synonyms. absolute. all-out. arrant. blank. blooming [chiefly British] bodacious [Southern & Midland] categorical. clean. complete. consummate. damned. deadly. definite. downright. dreadful. fair. flat.
crash noun [C] (ACCIDENT) Add to word list. a serious accident in which one or more cars, trucks, or other vehicles hit something, or in which an aircraft hits the ground or another aircraft: She was killed in an airplane crash in 1983.
Crashing definition: absolute; complete; utter. See examples of CRASHING used in a sentence.
1. absolute; complete; utter. a crashing bore. 2. unusual or superlative; exceptional. a crashing celebration. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC. Modified entries © 2019 by Penguin Random House LLC and HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. Derived forms. crashingly. adverb. Word origin. [1925–30; crash1 + -ing2]
Define crashing. crashing synonyms, crashing pronunciation, crashing translation, English dictionary definition of crashing. adj. Total; absolute: a crashing bore. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
[intransitive, transitive] to hit something hard while moving, causing noise and/or damage; to make something hit somebody/something in this way. crash + adv./prep. A brick crashed through the window. With a sweep of his hand he sent the glasses crashing to the floor. The huge tree came crashing down during the storm.
1. a. : to break violently and noisily : smash. b. : to damage (an airplane) in landing. 2. a. : to cause to make a loud noise. crash the cymbals together. b. : to force (one's way) through with loud crashing noises. 3. : to enter or attend without invitation or without paying. crash the party. 4.
noun. a sudden loud noise, as of something being violently smashed or struck: the crash of thunder. a breaking or falling to pieces with loud noise:
A crash is an accident in which a moving vehicle hits something and is damaged or destroyed. His elder son was killed in a car crash a few years ago. ...a plane crash. Synonyms: collision, accident, smash, wreck More Synonyms of crash. 2. verb B1+.
