Reverse Dictionary: CRASH

NOUNS
► CRACK-UP collapse; a crash → 1926
► DEVESHER a crash; a heavy fall → 1850 Eng. dial.
► DUNCH a loud noise; a bang, a crash → 1440 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► FRAGOR ► FRAGOUR a crash; a din; a loud, harsh noise → 1605 obs.
► GUTSER a mishap or misfortune; a heavy fall or crash → 1917 Aust. & NZ colloq., orig. military usage
► HORIZONTAL a bad crash → 20C sl., World War I usage
► INVOLUNTARY DISMOUNT a crash in mountain biking → 2009 sl. (Bk.)
► PARDOOS a crash; a thump; a violent fall; a resounding blow, a whack → 1866 Sc.
► PASH a crash, a smash; a heavy fall or collision; a blow → 1781 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► PIE-UP a crash; a smash → 20C Amer. sl., World War I usage
► PRANG a crash → 1940 sl.
► RACK 1. a crash; a rush, shock, collision; a noise, as of a shock → a1300 obs.
2. ​a crash as of something breaking → 1671 obs.
► RASH a crash or clash → c1470 Sc.
► SAUSAGE AND MASH a crash; a collision → 1961 UK rhyming sl.
► VELLYE a crash, a heavy fall or thud → 1973 Sc.

VERBS
► BIFF to crash, to fall, to fail → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► BRATTLE to make a loud crashing or rattling sound → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► CANNON INTO to come into collision with; to crash → 1981 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► CLOBBER IN to crash → 1969 US Air Force Academy cadets’ sl. (Bk.)
► EAT ASPHALT to crash while riding a motorcycle, bicycling, or taking part in any recreational activity on the street → 2002 US sl.
► EAT IT to crash → 1995 US sl. (Bk.)
► FLAM to fall heavily; to crash into → 1900 Amer. dial.
► GRONK OUT to crash, as a car or a computer → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► PANCAKE to crash → 1918 US sl.
► PLAY WALLOP to come down with a crash → 1820 Sc.
► PRANG to attack; to crash one’s car or plane → 1940 sl.
► STACK to crash a vehicle → 1971 Aust. sl.
► T-BONE to hit a car, bus, etc. from the side → 1980 US sl.
► WRAP AROUND ► WRAP ROUND to crash a vehicle into an immovable object → 1950 UK sl.
► WRAP UP to crash one’s car → 1950 sl., orig. US
► YELL to make a crashing or strident noise; said of an inanimate thing → a1000 obs.