crash

crash
   to return to normality after taking an illegal narcotic
   To descend from a high:
    Brodie had said... 'I'm crashing.' And she had gone to the mantelshelf... and taken out a vial of powder. (Theroux, 1976)

How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms. . 2014.

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  • crash — crash …   Dictionnaire des rimes

  • Crash — may refer to: Contents 1 Sudden events 2 Film 3 Television 4 …   Wikipedia

  • Crash — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Crash, onomatopeya del golpe que produce rotura, puede referirse a: Contenido 1 Economía 2 Música 3 Cine …   Wikipedia Español

  • crash — [ kraʃ ] n. m. • 1956 « atterrissage en catastrophe »; mot angl. « accident; faillite », de to crash « s écraser » ♦ Anglic. 1 ♦ Écrasement au sol (d un avion). Des crashs ou des crashes. 2 ♦ (infl. de krach, de même o.) Chute brutale et soudaine …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • crash — [n1/v1] bang; banging sound blast, boom, burst, clang, clap, clash, clatter, clattering, crack, din, peal, racket, slam, smash, smashing, sound, thunder, thunderclap, wham; concepts 65,521,595 crash [n2] collision, accidental hitting accident,… …   New thesaurus

  • Crash — bezeichnet: einen Börsenkrach einen Unfall, siehe auch Crashtest einen Computerabsturz einen Roman von James Graham Ballard, siehe Crash (Roman) eine Romanverfilmung von Regisseur David Cronenberg von 1996, siehe Crash (Film) einen Film von… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Crash — может означать: Crash Bandicoot серия видеоигр в жанре, начатая компанией Naughty Dog в 1996 году. Crash Bandicoot первая игра серии Crash Bandicoot. Crash Bandicoot главный герой серии игр Crash Bandicoot. CRASH английское печатное издание в… …   Википедия

  • crash — Since the 1950s, crash has been used attributively (before a noun) to denote something such as a course or programme that is done or undertaken urgently or quickly, e.g. a crash course in Russian or a crash diet. In this use, crash seems to be… …   Modern English usage

  • Crash! — Directed by Charles Band Written by Marc Marais Starring José Ferrer Sue Lyon John Carradine Musi …   Wikipedia

  • crash — crash1 [krash] vi. [ME crashen, prob. echoic var. of cracken (see CRACK1); akin to Dan krase, to crackle, Ger krach, crash, disaster < krachen, to crack] 1. to fall, collide, or break with force and with a loud, smashing noise 2. a) to make a… …   English World dictionary

  • crash — fonosimb., s.m.inv. ES ingl. {{wmetafile0}} 1. fonosimb., voce che riproduce il suono di una cosa che si frantuma, si rompe o crolla: crash! si ruppe il bicchiere; anche s.m.inv.: ho sentito il crash del vaso che si rompeva Sinonimi: 1crac. 2.… …   Dizionario italiano

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