crash

1. tv. & in. to attend a party or other event uninvited. (See also crasher.)

□ Some clown tried to crash the rally, but my dad called the cops.

□ The boys who tried to crash also broke a window.

2. in. to spend the night. (See also crash pad.)

□ I crashed at a friend’s place in the city.

□ You have a place I can crash?

3. in. to sleep.

□ I crashed till noon.

□ If I don’t crash pretty soon, I’m going to die!

4. n. a place to sleep.

□ I think I know of a crash for tonight.

□ Molly’s on the phone, looking for a crash.

5. in. [for a computer] to stop working.

□ This thing crashes every time I hit a certain key.

□ My machine hasn’t crashed since I got it.

6. n. a total failure of a computer.

□ Most of my data was lost in the crash.

□ Crashes are to teach you to back up your data.

7. in. [for any electronic device] to fail.

□ My stereo crashed, so I’ve been watching TV.

□ My TV crashed, and I had to go out to watch at somebody else’s house.

8. in. [for a securities market] to lose a significant por- ion of its value in a short time.

□ The market crashed and scared the stuffing out of everybody.

□ When the bond market crashed, the press didn’t even realize it.

9. n. a collapse of a securities market.

□ After the crash, a lot of people swore off the market for good.

□ A crash like that was too much for a lot of people. 1

0. in. to pass out from drinking alcohol to excess.

□ About midnight I crashed, and I woke up here.

□ Let’s get Wilbur home before he crashes for good.