COLLAPSE, COLLAPSED
ADJECTIVES
.M18 — ALL TO SHIVERS physically collapsed → sl.
.M18 — ALL TO SMASH physically collapsed → sl.
.M18 — INTO SMASH physically collapsed → sl.
1754 — YAVAL collapsed from insensibility, drink, etc. → Sc.
1824 — RACKETY ready to collapse, unstable, falling to pieces, wobbly → Amer. dial.
1895 — QUAT collapsed, quiet, dead → Eng. dial.
1900 — CRONK liable to collapse, unsound, unfit → Aust.
1967 — RACKILY ready to collapse, unstable, falling to pieces, wobbly → Amer. dial.
1967 — RACKLETY ready to collapse, unstable, falling to pieces, wobbly → Amer. dial.
NOUNS
1827 — BREAK a collapse or failure; a breakaway or break-down → US
1879 — BURST-UP the collapse or failure of an organization or scheme
1889 — BLOIT a collapse or failure → Eng. dial.
1926 — CRACK-UP collapse; a crash
1963 — BUST-OUT a collapse or failure; a person who is a failure → US sl.
VERBS
..888 — SYE to sink, to fall, to descend; to collapse → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
..893 — TO-FALL to collapse, to fall down; to fall asunder or to pieces → obs.
1440 — RUSH to fall quickly or violently; to collapse → Sc.
1654 — FALL TOGETHER to collapse, to contract, to shrink up → obs.
1659 — CRACK to come to pieces, to collapse, to break down
1777 — RUSE to fall or slide down; to collapse; esp. used of a bank of earth, a wall, etc. → Eng. dial.
..19C — FAIRRIE to collapse in an exhausted condition or from sudden illness → Sc.
1841 — WHAP OVER — WHOP OVER to collapse, to tumble, to flop → Amer. dial.
1846 — CROCK to become feeble; to collapse; to break down; also, to injure or disable → colloq.
.M19 — FLUMP to collapse or fall heavily → sl.
1851 — QUILL-WHEEL — QUILWHEEL to collapse physically; to yield, to give up → Amer. dial.
1873 — FAIL to collapse from exhaustion → Sc.
1884 — FALL OUT to collapse; to faint; to fall asleep, often when overcome by drug consumption or excessive drinking → US sl.
1904 — SCAT to collapse; to fail; to become bankrupt → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — GO TO QUAT to collapse → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1910 — CONK OUT to collapse in exhaustion; to fall asleep → US sl.
1916 — COLLASP to collapse → Amer. dial.
1920 — BELLYFLOP to collapse; to throw oneself down; to fall badly → sl.
1920 — TAKE A NOSE-DIVE to collapse; to fail utterly → sl.
1923 — BLOW UP to collapse, to fail; to be out of order → Amer. dial.
1930 — COME APART — FALL APART to collapse emotionally; to lose control of one’s feelings → sl.
1931 — GO FLOOEY — GO FLOOIE to cease operating properly; to collapse or fall apart; to fail suddenly → US sl.
1942 — FLAKE OUT to collapse, to faint, to fall asleep from exhaustion or intoxication → colloq.
1950 — FLACK — FLACK OUT to collapse in exhaustion; to go to sleep → US sl.
1981 — CARK — CARK IT to collapse, to die → Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
1995 — FALL OUT OF ONE’S STANDING to collapse from exhaustion → Irish sl.
2011 — SHEG UP to fail, to collapse → W. Indies