Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter C

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Cran (n.) A measure for fresh herrings, -- as many as will fill a barrel. [Scot.] -- H. Miller.

Cran (n.) A capacity unit used for measuring fresh herring.

Crane (n.) (Zool.) A wading bird of the genus Grus, and allied genera, of various species, having a long, straight bill, and long legs and neck.

Note: The common European crane is Grus cinerea. The sand-hill crane ({Grus Mexicana) and the whooping crane ({Grus Americana) are large American species.

The Balearic or crowned crane is Balearica pavonina.

The name is sometimes erroneously applied to the herons and cormorants.

Crane (n.) Any arm which swings about a vertical axis at one end, used for supporting a suspended weight.

Crane (n.) A machine for raising and lowering heavy weights, and, while holding them suspended, transporting them through a limited lateral distance. In one form it consists of a projecting arm or jib of timber or iron, a rotating post or base, and the necessary tackle, windlass, etc.; -- so called from a fancied similarity between its arm and the neck of a crane See Illust. of Derrick.

Crane (n.) An iron arm with horizontal motion, attached to the side or back of a fireplace, for supporting kettles, etc., over a fire.

Crane (n.) A siphon, or bent pipe, for drawing liquors out of a cask.

Crane (n.) (Naut.) A forked post or projecting bracket to support spars, etc., -- generally used in pairs. See Crotch, 2.

Crane (n.) (Zool.) The American blue heron ({Ardea herodias). [Local, U. S.]

Crane fly (Zool.), A dipterous insect with long legs, of the genus Tipula.

Derrick crane. See Derrick.

Gigantic crane. (Zool.) See Adjutant, n., 3.

Traveling crane, Traveler crane, Traversing crane (Mach.), A crane mounted on wheels; esp., an overhead crane consisting of a crab or other hoisting apparatus traveling on rails or beams fixed overhead, as in a machine shop or foundry.

Water crane, A kind of hydrant with a long swinging spout, for filling locomotive tenders, water carts, etc., with water.

Craned (imp. & p. p.) of Crane

Craning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Crane

Crane (v. t.) To cause to rise; to raise or lift, as by a crane; -- with up. [R.]

What engines, what instruments are used in craning up a soul, sunk below the center, to the highest heavens. -- Bates.

An upstart craned up to the height he has. -- Massinger.

Crane (v. t.) To stretch, as a crane stretches its neck; as, to crane the neck disdainfully. -- G. Eliot.

Crane (v. i.) To reach forward with head and neck, in order to see better; as, a hunter cranes forward before taking a leap. -- Beaconsfield. Thackeray.

The passengers eagerly craning forward over the bulwarks. -- Howells.

Crotch (n.; pl. Crotches) The angle formed by the parting of two legs or branches; a fork; the point where a trunk divides; as, the crotch of a tree. more specifically, the space on the human torso between the two legs; also, the corresponding part between the legs of a pair of pants, which is in contact with the crotch of the wearer; as, pants with a tight crotch have become very popular.

Crotch (n.) (Naut.) A stanchion or post of wood or iron, with two arms for supporting a boom, spare yards, etc.; -- called also crane and crutch. -- Totten.
Crotch (n.) (Billiards) In the three-ball carom game, a small space at each corner of the table. See Crotched, below.

Crane (n.) United States writer (1871-1900) [syn: Crane, Stephen Crane].

Crane (n.) United States poet (1899-1932) [syn: Crane, Hart Crane, Harold Hart Crane].

Crane (n.) A small constellation in the southern hemisphere near Phoenix [syn: Grus, Crane].

Crane (n.) Lifts and moves heavy objects; lifting tackle is suspended from a pivoted boom that rotates around a vertical axis.

Crane (n.) Large long-necked wading bird of marshes and plains in many parts of the world.

Crane (v.) Stretch (the neck) so as to see better; "The women craned their necks to see the President drive by" [syn: crane, stretch out].

Crane, () (Isa. 38:14; Jer. 8:7). In both of these passages the Authorized Version has reversed the Hebrew order of the words. "Crane or swallow" should be "swallow or crane," as in the Revised Version. The rendering is there correct. The Hebrew for crane is 'agur_, the Grus cincerea, a bird well known in Palestine. It is migratory, and is distinguished by its loud voice, its cry being hoarse and melancholy.

Crane -- U.S. County in Texas

Population (2000): 3996

Housing Units (2000): 1596

Land area (2000): 785.557555 sq. miles (2034.584640 sq. km)

Water area (2000): 0.028932 sq. miles (0.074934 sq. km)

Total area (2000): 785.586487 sq. miles (2034.659574 sq. km)

Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48

Location: 31.440275 N, 102.452072 W

Headwords:

Crane

Crane, TX

Crane County

Crane County, TX

Crane, IN -- U.S. town in Indiana

Population (2000): 203

Housing Units (2000): 112

Land area (2000): 0.119030 sq. miles (0.308287 sq. km)

Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)

Total area (2000): 0.119030 sq. miles (0.308287 sq. km)

FIPS code: 15652

Located within: Indiana (IN), FIPS 18

Location: 38.892703 N, 86.901294 W

ZIP Codes (1990):

Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Headwords:

Crane, IN

Crane

Crane, TX -- U.S. city in Texas

Population (2000): 3191

Housing Units (2000): 1278

Land area (2000): 1.019574 sq. miles (2.640684 sq. km)

Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)

Total area (2000): 1.019574 sq. miles (2.640684 sq. km)

FIPS code: 17516

Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48

Location: 31.392949 N, 102.350751 W

ZIP Codes (1990): 79731

Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Headwords:

Crane, TX

Crane

Crane, MO -- U.S. city in Missouri

Population (2000): 1390

Housing Units (2000): 630

Land area (2000): 1.471043 sq. miles (3.809985 sq. km)

Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)

Total area (2000): 1.471043 sq. miles (3.809985 sq. km)

FIPS code: 17074

Located within: Missouri (MO), FIPS 29

Location: 36.903813 N, 93.571128 W

ZIP Codes (1990):65633

Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Headwords:

Crane, MO

Crane

Crane's-bill (n.) (Bot.) The geranium; -- so named from the long axis of the fruit, which resembles the beak of a crane. -- Dr. Prior.

Crane's-bill (n.) (Surg.) A pair of long-beaked forceps.

Compare: Krang

Krang (n.) The carcass of a whale after the blubber has been removed. [Written also crang and kreng.]

Crang (n.) See Krang.

Crania (n.) (Zool.) A genus of living Brachiopoda; -- so called from its fancied resemblance to the cranium or skull.

Cranium (n.; pl. E. Craniums) The skull of an animal; especially, that part of the skull, either cartilaginous or bony, which immediately incloses the brain; the brain case or brainpan. See Skull.

Cranial (a.) (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the cranium.

Cranial (a.) Of or relating to the cranium which encloses the brain; "cranial pressure".

Cranioclasm (n.) (Med.) The crushing of a child's head, as with the cranioclast or craniotomy forceps in cases of very difficult delivery. -- Dunglison.

Cranioclast (n.) (Med.) An instrument for crushing the head of a fetus, to facilitate delivery in difficult eases.

Craniofacial (a.) Of or pertaining to the cranium and face; as, the craniofacial angle.

Craniognomy (n.) The science of the form and characteristics of the skull. [R.]

Craniological (a.) Of or pertaining to craniology.

Craniologist (n.) One proficient in craniology; a phrenologist.

Craniologist (n.) Someone who claims to be able to read your character fromthe shape of your skull [syn: phrenologist, craniologist].

Craniology (n.) The department of science (as of ethnology or archaeology) which deals with the shape, size, proportions, indications, etc., of skulls; the study of skulls.

Craniometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the size of skulls.

Craniology (n.) The scientific study of the skulls of various human races.

Craniometric (a.) Alt. of Craniometrical

Craniometrical (a.) Pertaining to craniometry.

Craniometrical (a.) Of or relating to craniometry [syn: craniometric, craniometrical].

Craniometry (n.) The art or act of measuring skulls.

Craniometry (n.) The branch of physical anthropology dealing with the study and measurement of dry skulls after removal of its soft parts.

Cranioscopist (n.) One skilled in, or who practices, cranioscopy.

It was found of equal dimension in a literary man whose skull puzzied the cranioscopists. -- Coleridge.

Cranioscopy (n.) Scientific examination of the cranium.

Craniota (n. pl.) (Zool.) A comprehensive division of the Vertebrata, including all those that have a skull.

Craniotomy (n.) (Med.) The operation of opening the fetal head, in order to effect delivery.

Craniotomy (n.) A surgical opening through the skull.

Craniums (n. pl. ) of Cranium

Crania (n. pl. ) of Cranium

Cranium (n.) The skull of an animal; especially, that part of the skull, either cartilaginous or bony, which immediately incloses the brain; the brain case or brainpan. See Skull.

Crank (n.) (Mach.) A bent portion of an axle, or shaft, or an arm keyed at right angles to the end of a shaft, by which motion is imparted to or received from it; also used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or reciprocating into circular motion. See Bell crank.

Crank (n.) Any bend, turn, or winding, as of a passage.

So many turning cranks these have, so many crooks. -- Spenser.

Crank (n.) A twist or turn in speech; a conceit consisting in a change of the form or meaning of a word.

Quips, and cranks, and wanton wiles. -- Milton.

Crank (n.) A twist or turn of the mind; caprice; whim; crotchet; also, a fit of temper or passion. [Prov. Eng.]

Violent of temper; subject to sudden cranks. -- Carlyle.

Crank (n.) A person full of crotchets; one given to fantastic or impracticable projects; one whose judgment is perverted in respect to a particular matter. [Colloq.]

Crank (n.) A sick person; an invalid. [Obs.]

Thou art a counterfeit crank, a cheater. -- Burton.

Crank axle (Mach.), A driving axle formed with a crank or cranks, as in some kinds of locomotives.

Crank pin (Mach.), The cylindrical piece which forms the handle, or to which the connecting rod is attached, at the end of a crank, or between the arms of a double crank.

Crank shaft, A shaft bent into a crank, or having a crank fastened to it, by which it drives or is driven.

Crank wheel, A wheel acting as a crank, or having a wrist to which a connecting rod is attached.

Crank (a.) Sick; infirm. [Prov. Eng.]

Crank (a.) (Naut.) Liable to careen or be overset, as a ship when she is too narrow, or has not sufficient ballast, or is loaded too high, to carry full sail.

Crank (a.) Full of spirit; brisk; lively; sprightly; overconfident; opinionated.

He who was, a little before, bedrid, . . . was now crank and lusty. -- Udall.

If you strong electioners did not think you were among the elect, you would not be so crank about it. -- Mrs. Stowe.

Crank (n.) To run with a winding course; to double; to crook; to wind and turn.

See how this river comes me cranking in. -- Shak.

Crank (a.) (Used of boats) Inclined to heel over easily under sail [syn: crank, cranky, tender, tippy].

Crank (n.) A bad-tempered person [syn: grouch, grump, crank, churl, crosspatch].

Crank (n.) A whimsically eccentric person [syn: crackpot, crank, nut, nut case, fruitcake, screwball].

Crank (n.) An amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant [syn: methamphetamine, methamphetamine hydrochloride, Methedrine, meth, deoxyephedrine, chalk, chicken feed, crank, glass, ice, shabu, trash].

Crank (n.) A hand tool consisting of a rotating shaft with parallel handle [syn: crank, starter].

Crank (v.) Travel along a zigzag path; "The river zigzags through the countryside" [syn: zigzag, crank].

Crank (v.) Start by cranking; "crank up the engine" [syn: crank, crank up].

Crank (v.) Rotate with a crank [syn: crank, crank up].

Crank (v.) Fasten with a crank.

Crank (v.) Bend into the shape of a crank.

Crank (v. t.) [From automotive slang] Verb used to describe the performance of a machine, especially sustained performance. ?This box cranks (or, cranks at) about 6 megaflops, with a burst mode of twice that on vectorized operations.?

Crank, () (Automotive slang) Verb used to describe the performance of a machine, especially sustained performance. "This box cranks (or, cranks at) about 6 megaflops, with a burst mode of twice that on vectorised operations." [{Jargon File] (1994-12-01)

Crankbird (n.) (Zool.) A small European woodpecker ({Picus minor).

Cranked (a.) Formed with, or having, a bend or crank; as, a cranked axle.

Crankiness (n.) Crankness. -- Lowell.

Crankiness (n.) A fussy and eccentric disposition [syn: crankiness, crotchetiness, contrariness, grumpiness].

Crankle (v. t.) To break into bends, turns, or angles; to crinkle.

Old Veg's stream . . . drew her humid train aslope, Crankling her banks. -- J. Philips.

Crankle (v. i.) To bend, turn, or wind.

Along the crankling path. -- Drayton.

Crankle (n.) A bend or turn; a twist; a crinkle.

Crankness (n.) (Naut.) Liability to be overset; -- said of a ship or other vessel.

Crankness (n.) Sprightliness; vigor; health.

Cranky (a.) Full of spirit; crank.

Cranky (a.) Addicted to crotchets and whims; unreasonable in opinions; crotchety. [Colloq.]

Cranky (a.) Unsteady; easy to upset; crank.

Cranky (a.) (Used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail [syn: crank, cranky, tender, tippy].

Cranky (a.) Easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen" [syn: cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peevish, peckish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, testy, tetchy, techy].

Crannied (a.) Having crannies, chinks, or fissures; as, a crannied wall. -- Tennyson. Crannog

Crannied (a.) Having small chinks or crannies (especially in or between rocks or stones); "a crannied wall" [ant: uncrannied].

Crannog (n.) Alt. of Crannoge

Crannoge (n.) One of the stockaded islands in Scotland and Ireland which in ancient times were numerous in the lakes of both countries. They may be regarded as the very latest class of prehistoric strongholds, reaching their greatest development in early historic times, and surviving through the Middle Ages. See also Lake dwellings, under Lake. -- Encyc. Brit.

Crannog (n.) (愛爾蘭) 湖中人工島上的住宅，沼澤地內的人工島 An ancient fortified dwelling constructed in a lake or marsh in Scotland or Ireland.

Crannies (n. pl. ) of Cranny

Cranny (n.) A small, narrow opening, fissure, crevice, or chink, as in a wall, or other substance.

In a firm building, the cavities ought not to be filled with rubbish, but with brick or stone fitted to the crannies. -- Dryden.

He peeped into every cranny. -- Arbuthnot.

Cranny (n.) (Glass Making) A tool for forming the necks of bottles, etc.

Crannied (imp. & p. p.) of Cranny

Crannying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cranny

Cranny (v. i.) To crack into, or become full of, crannies. [R.]

The ground did cranny everywhere. -- Golding.

Cranny (v. i.) To haunt, or enter by, crannies.

All tenantless, save to the crannying wind. -- Byron.

Cranny (a.) Quick; giddy; thoughtless. [Prov. Eng.] -- Halliwell.

Crantara (n.) The fiery cross, used as a rallying signal in the Highlands of Scotland.

Crants (n.) A garland carried before the bier of a maiden. [Obs.]

Yet here she is allowed her virgin crants, Her maiden strewments. -- Shak.

Crapaudine (n.) (Arch.) Turning on pivots at the top and bottom; -- said of a door.

Crapaudine (n.) [F.] (Far.) An ulcer on the coronet of a horse. -- Bailey.

Crape (n.) A thin, crimped stuff, made of raw silk gummed and twisted on the mill. Black crape is much used for mourning garments, also for the dress of some clergymen.

A saint in crape is twice a saint in lawn. -- Pope.

Crape myrtle (Bot.), A very ornamental shrub ({Lagerstroemia Indica) from the East Indies, often planted in the Southern United States. Its foliage is like that of the myrtle, and the flower has wavy crisped petals.

Oriental crape. See Canton crape.

Craped (imp. & p. p.) of Crape

Craping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Crape

Crape (v. t.) To form into ringlets; to curl; to crimp; to friz; as, to crape the hair; to crape silk.

The hour for curling and craping the hair. -- Mad. D'Arblay.

Crape (n.) Small very thin pancake [syn: crape, crepe, French pancake].

Crape (n.) A soft thin light fabric with a crinkled surface [syn: crepe, crape].

Crape (v.) Cover or drape with crape; "crape the mirror" [syn: crape, crepe].

Crape (v.) Curl tightly; "crimp hair" [syn: crimp, crape, frizzle, frizz, kink up, kink].

Crapefish (n.) Salted codfish hardened by pressure. -- Kane.

Crapnel (n.) A hook or drag; a grapnel.

Crappie (n.) (Zool.) A kind of fresh-water bass of the genus Pomoxys, found in the rivers of the Southern United States and Mississippi valley. There are several species. [Written also croppie.]

Crappie (n.) Small sunfishes of the genus Pomoxis of central United States rivers.

Crappie (n.) Small sunfishes of central United States rivers

Crapple (n.) A claw. [Obs.]

Crap (n.) In the game of craps, a first throw of the dice in which the total is two, three, or twelve, in which case the caster loses. Also called craps.

Crap (n.) Same as excrement and feces. [vulgar]

Syn: shit.

Crap (n.) Nonsense; balderdash; bullshit; -- also used as an expletive. [vulgar]

Syn: bullshit.

Craps (n.) A gambling game with dice. It is one of the more popular games in casinos. [Local, U.S.]

Craps (n.) Expressions used when when two dice are thrown and both come up showing one spot [syn: craps, snake eyes].

Craps (n.) A gambling game played with two dice; a first throw of 7 or 11 wins and a first throw of 2, 3, or 12 loses and a first throw of any other number must be repeated to win before a 7 is thrown, which loses the bet and the dice.

Crapula (n.) Alt. of Crapule

Crapule (n.) Same as Crapulence.

Crapulence (n.) The sickness occasioned by intemperance; surfeit.

Crapulent (a.) Alt. of Crapulous

Crapulous (a.) 暴飲暴食的；暴食或縱酒引發疾病的 Surcharged with liquor; sick from excessive indulgence in liquor; drunk; given to excesses. [R.]

Crapulous (a.) Suffering from excessive eating or drinking; "crapulent sleep"; "a crapulous stomach" [syn: {crapulent}, {crapulous}].

Crapulous (a.) Given to gross intemperance in eating or drinking; "a crapulous old reprobate".

Crapulous (a.) Characterized by excessive eating or drinking.

Crapulous (a.) Suffering physically from the consequences of excessive eating or drinking.

Crapulous (a.) Surcharged with liquor; alcoholism; sick from excessive indulgence in drinking or eating; drunk; given to excesses.

Crapulous (a.) Marked by intemperance especially in eating or drinking.

Crapulous (a.) Sick from excessive indulgence in liquor.

Crapy (a.) Resembling crape.

Craquelure (n.) (pl.) -s: A cracking (as of varnish, color, or enamel) on a work of plastic art.

Craquelure (n.) A network of fine cracks in the paint or varnish of a painting.

Crare (n.) A slow unwieldy trading vessel. [Obs.] [Written also crayer, cray, and craie.] -- Shak.

Crase (v. t.) To break in pieces; to crack. [Obs.] "The pot was crased." -- Chaucer.

Crashed (imp. & p. p.) of Crash

Crashing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Crash

Crash (v. t. ) To break in pieces violently; to dash together with noise and violence. [R.]

He shakt his head, and crasht his teeth for ire. -- Fairfax.

Crash (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.

Roofs were blazing and walls crashing in every part of the city. -- Macaulay.

Crash (v. i.) To break with violence and noise; as, the chimney in falling crashed through the roof.

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

The wreck of matter and the crash of worlds. -- Addison.

Crash (n.) Ruin; failure; sudden breaking down, as of a business house or a commercial enterprise ; as, the stock market crash of 1929.

The last week of October 1929 remains forever imprinted in the American memory. It was, of course, the week of the Great Crash, the stock market collapse that signaled the collapse of the world economy and the Great Depression of the 1930s. From an all-time high of 381 in early September 1929, the Dow Jones Industrial Average drifted down to a level of 326 on October 22, then, in a series of traumatic selling waves, to 230 in the course of the following six trading days.

The stock market's drop was far from over; it continued its sickening slide for nearly three more years, reaching an ultimate low of 41 in July 1932. But it was that last week of October 1929 that burned itself into the American consciousness. After a decade of unprecedented boom and prosperity, there suddenly was panic, fear, a yawning gap in the American fabric. The party was over. -- Wall street Journal, October 28, 1977.

Crash (n.) Coarse, heavy, narrow linen cloth, used esp. for towels.

Crash (n.) A loud resonant repeating noise; "he could hear the clang of distant bells" [syn: clang, clangor, clangour, clangoring, clank, clash, crash].

Crash (n.) A serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles); "they are still investigating the crash of the TWA plane" [syn: crash, wreck].

Crash (n.) A sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures) [syn: crash, collapse].

Crash (n.) The act of colliding with something; "his crash through the window"; "the fullback's smash into the defensive line" [syn: crash, smash].

Crash (n.) (Computer science) an event that causes a computer system to become inoperative; "the crash occurred during a thunderstorm and the system has been down ever since".

Crash (v.) Fall or come down violently; "The branch crashed down on my car"; "The plane crashed in the sea".

Crash (v.) Move with, or as if with, a crashing noise; "The car crashed through the glass door".

Crash (v.) Undergo damage or destruction on impact; "the plane crashed into the ocean"; "The car crashed into the lamp post" [syn: crash, ram]

Crash (v.) Move violently as through a barrier; "The terrorists crashed the gate".

Crash (v.) Break violently or noisily; smash; [syn: crash, break up, break apart].

Crash (v.) Occupy, usually uninvited; "My son's friends crashed our house last weekend".

Crash (v.) Make a sudden loud sound; "the waves crashed on the shore and kept us awake all night".

Crash (v.) Enter uninvited; informal; "let's crash the party!" [syn: barge in, crash, gate-crash].

Crash (v.) Cause to crash; "The terrorists crashed the plane into the palace"; "Mother crashed the motorbike into the lamppost".

Crash (v.) Hurl or thrust violently; "He dashed the plate against the wall"; "Waves were dashing against the rock" [syn: crash, dash].

Crash (v.) Undergo a sudden and severe downturn; "the economy crashed"; "will the stock market crash again?"

Crash (v.) Stop operating; "My computer crashed last night"; "The system goes down at least once a week" [syn: crash, go down].

Crash (v.) Sleep in a convenient place; "You can crash here, though it's not very comfortable" [syn: doss, doss down, crash].

Crash (n.) A sudden, usually drastic failure. Most often said of the system (q.v., sense 1), esp. of magnetic disk drives (the term originally described what happens when the air gap of a hard disk collapses). ?Three {lusers lost their files in last night's disk crash.? A disk crash that involves the read/write heads dropping onto the surface of the disks and scraping off the oxide may also be referred to as a head crash, whereas the term system crash usually, though not always, implies that the operating system or other software was at fault.

Crash (v.) To fail suddenly. ?Has the system just crashed ? Something crashed the OS!? See down. Also used transitively to indicate the cause of the crash (usually a person or a program, or both). ? Those idiots playing {SPACEWAR crashed the system.?

Crash (v. i.) Sometimes said of people hitting the sack after a long hacking run ; see gronk out.

Crash, () A sudden, usually drastic failure. Most often said of the system, especially of magnetic disk drives (the term originally described what happened when the air gap of a hard disk collapses). "Three lusers lost their files in last night's disk crash." A disk crash that involves the read/ write heads dropping onto the surface of the disks and scraping off the oxide may also be referred to as a "head crash", whereas the term "system crash" usually, though not always, implies that the operating system or other software was at fault.

Crash, () To fail suddenly. "Has the system just crashed?" "Something crashed the OS!" See down. Also used transitively to indicate the cause of the crash (usually a person or a program, or both). "Those idiots playing SPACEWAR crashed the system." [{Jargon File] (1994-12-01)

Crash (v.) (Have an accident) (B1) [ I or T ] 撞（車）；撞毀，撞壞；墜毀 If a vehicle crashes or someone crashes it, it is involved in an accident, usually a serious one in which the vehicle is damaged and someone is hurt.

// We skidded on the ice and crashed.

// The plane crashed into a mountainside.

// Her brother borrowed her motorbike and crashed it.

Crash (v.) (Make a noise) [ I or T, usually + adv./ prep. ] （使）猛撞（常發出巨大聲響或造成破壞） To hit something, often making a loud noise or causing damage.

// We could hear waves crashing on/ against the shore.

// Suddenly, cymbals crashed and the orchestra began playing.

// A dog came crashing through the bushes.

// Without warning, the tree crashed through the roof.

Crash (v.) (Fail) (C1) [ I ] （公司等）垮枱，破産，崩潰，崩盤 If something such as a business crashes, it suddenly fails or becomes unsuccessful.

// Investors were seriously worried when the stock market began to crash.

Crash (v.) (Fail) (B2) [ I ] （電腦或系統）癱瘓，死機 If a computer or system crashes, it suddenly stops operating.

// My laptop's crashed again.

Crash (v.) (Sleep) [ I ] (Informal) （尤指事先無計劃而留在別人家裡）過夜，睡覺 To sleep at someone else's house for the night, especially when you have not planned it.

// They crashed on my floor after the party.

Crash (v.) (Enter without permission) [ T ] (Informal) （未經邀請）擅自闖入（派對等） To go to a party or other event without an invitation.

// We tried to crash the party, but the bouncers wouldn't let us in.