crash
/ˈkɹæʃ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.55 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An automobile, airplane, or other vehicle accident.
noun
A malfunction of computer software or hardware which causes it to shut down or become partially or totally inoperable.
noun
A sudden large decline in the value of money, stocks or other assets, etc., especially one that causes additional economic difficulties.
noun
A group of rhinoceroses.
noun
A sudden decline in any living form's population levels, often leading to extinction.
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Etymology
From Middle English crasshen, crasschen, craschen (“to break into pieces”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from a variant of earlier *crasken, from crasen (“to break”) + -k (formative suffix); or from earlier *craskien, *craksien, a variant of craken (“to crack, break open”) (for form development compare break, brask, brash).