crash smash | the act of colliding with something, his crash through the window, the fullback's smash into the defensive line |
crash landing | an emergency landing under circumstances where a normal landing is impossible (usually damaging the aircraft) |
crash dive | a rapid descent by a submarine |
boom | any of various more-or-less horizontal spars or poles used to extend the foot of a sail or for handling cargo or in mooring |
boom microphone boom | a pole carrying an overhead microphone projected over a film or tv set |
crash barrier | a strong protective barrier that is erected around a racetrack or in the middle of a dual-lane highway in order to reduce the likelihood of severe accidents |
crash helmet | a padded helmet worn by people riding bicycles or motorcycles, protects the head in case of accidents |
ghetto blaster boom box | a portable stereo |
crash course crash program crash programme | a rapid and intense course of training or research (usually undertaken in an emergency), he took a crash course in Italian on his way to Italy, his first job was a crash course in survival and in learning how to get along with people, a crash programme is needed to create new jobs |
crash wreck | a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles), they are still investigating the crash of the TWA plane |
sonic boom | an explosive sound caused by the shock wave of an airplane traveling faster than the speed of sound, a sonic boom follows an aircraft as a wake follows a ship |
boom roar roaring thunder | a deep prolonged loud noise |
clang clangor clangour clangoring clank clash crash | a loud resonant repeating noise, he could hear the clang of distant bells |
boom bonanza gold rush gravy godsend manna from heaven windfall bunce | a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money), the demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed like an assembly line |
crash collapse | a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures) |
crash | (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 |
head crash | (computer science) a crash of a read write head in a hard disk drive (usually caused by contact of the head with the surface of the magnetic disk) |
baby boom baby-boom generation | the larger than expected generation in United States born shortly after World War II |
boom town | a town enjoying sudden prosperity |
kaffir boom Cape kafferboom Erythrina caffra | small semi-evergreen broad-spreading tree of eastern South Africa with orange-scarlet flowers and small coraled seeds, yields a light soft wood used for fence posts or shingles |
kaffir boom Transvaal kafferboom Erythrina lysistemon | small semi-evergreen tree of South Africa having dense clusters of clear scarlet flowers and red seeds |
boom | a state of economic prosperity |
doss doss down crash | sleep in a convenient place, You can crash here, though it's not very comfortable |
boom thrive flourish expand | grow vigorously, The deer population in this town is thriving, business is booming |
crash a go down e | stop operating, My computer crashed last night, The system goes down at least once a week |
crash b | undergo a sudden and severe downturn, the economy crashed, will the stock market crash again? |
smash nail boom blast | hit hard, He smashed a -run homer |
crash dash | hurl or thrust violently, He dashed the plate against the wall, Waves were dashing against the rock |
crash ram | undergo damage or destruction on impact, the plane crashed into the ocean, The car crashed into the lamp post |
crash break up break apart | break violently or noisily, smash, |
crash | cause to crash, The terrorists crashed the plane into the palace, Mother crashed the motorbike into the lamppost |
crash-dive | descend steeply and rapidly |
crash | fall or come down violently, The branch crashed down on my car, The plane crashed in the sea |
crash land | make an emergency landing |
barge in crash gate-crash | enter uninvited, informal, let's crash the party! |
crash | move violently as through a barrier, The terrorists crashed the gate |
crash | move with, or as if with, a crashing noise, The car crashed through the glass door |
boom boom out | make a deep hollow sound, Her voice booms out the words of the song |
crash | make a sudden loud sound, the waves crashed on the shore and kept us awake all night |
boom din | make a resonant sound, like artillery, His deep voice boomed through the hall |
crash | occupy, usually uninvited, My son's friends crashed our house last weekend |
thunder boom | be the case that thunder is being heard, Whenever it thunders, my dog crawls under the bed |