crash smash | the act of colliding with something, his crash through the window, the fullback's smash into the defensive line |
impingement encroachment impact | influencing strongly, they resented the impingement of American values on European culture |
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 |
shock impact | the violent interaction of individuals or groups entering into combat, the armies met in the shock of battle |
breech rear of barrel rear of tube | opening in the rear of the barrel of a gun where bullets can be loaded |
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 |
impact printer | a printer that prints by mechanical impacts |
parallel circuit shunt circuit | a closed circuit in which the current divides into two or more paths before recombining to complete the circuit |
rear back | the side that goes last or is not normally seen, he wrote the date on the back of the photograph |
rear window | car window that allows vision out of the back of the car |
shunt | implant consisting of a tube made of plastic or rubber, for draining fluids within the body |
shunt electrical shunt bypass | a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current |
taillight tail lamp rear light rear lamp | lamp (usually red) mounted at the rear of a motor vehicle |
portacaval shunt | shunt that is created surgically between the portal vein and the inferior vena cava so that blood from the abdominal organs can bypass the liver |
shunt | a passage by which a bodily fluid (especially blood) is diverted from one channel to another, an arteriovenus shunt |
c buttocks nates arse butt backside bum buns can fundament hindquarters hind end keister posterior prat rear rear end rump stern seat tail tail end tooshie tush bottom behind derriere fanny ass a d | the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on, he deserves a good kick in the butt, are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing? |
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 |
impact | the striking of one body against another |
clang clangor clangour clangoring clank clash crash | a loud resonant repeating noise, he could hear the clang of distant bells |
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) |
rear | the back of a military formation or procession, infantrymen were in the rear |
back rear | the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer, he stood at the back of the stage, it was hidden in the rear of the store |
rear backside back end | the side of an object that is opposite its front, his room was toward the rear of the hotel |
rear admiral | an admiral junior to a vice admiral |
impact wallop | a forceful consequence, a strong effect, the book had an important impact on my thinking, the book packs a wallop |
doss doss down crash | sleep in a convenient place, You can crash here, though it's not very comfortable |
affect impact bear upon bear on touch on touch | have an effect upon, Will the new rules affect me? |
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? |
rear-end | collide with the rear end of, The car rear-ended me |
impact | press or wedge together, pack together |
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 |
raise erect rear set up put up | construct, build, or erect, Raise a barn |
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 |
rear rise up | stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds, The horse reared in terror |
rear back | rear backwards on its hind legs, the frightened horse reared back |
rear back | start with anger or resentment or in protest |
rear erect | cause to rise up |
shunt | transfer to another track, of trains |
barge in crash gate-crash | enter uninvited, informal, let's crash the party! |