Crashing

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Crashing \Crash"ing\, n.
     The noise of many things falling and breaking at once.
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           There shall be . . . a great crashing from the hills.
                                                    --Zeph. i. 10.


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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Crash \Crash\ (kr[a^]sh), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crashed}
     (kr[a^]sht); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crashing}.] [OE. crashen, the
     same word as crasen to break, E. craze. See {Craze}.]
     To break in pieces violently; to dash together with noise and
     violence. [R.]
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           He shakt his head, and crasht his teeth for ire.
                                                    --Fairfax.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  crashing
       adj : (used of persons) informal intensifiers; "what a bally (or
             blinking) nuisance"; "a bloody fool"; "a crashing
             bore"; "you flaming idiot" [syn: {bally(a)}, {blinking(a)},
              {bloody(a)}, {blooming(a)}, {crashing(a)}, {flaming(a)},
              {fucking(a)}]