crashing

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɹæʃɪŋ/
  • Rhymes: -æʃɪŋ

Verb

crashing

  1. present participle and gerund of crash

Noun

crashing (plural crashings)

  1. The sound or action of something that crashes.
    the ceaseless crashings of waves on the beach

Adjective

crashing

  1. Severe; drastic.
    • 2016, Simon R. Green, Deathstalker War:
      Advances were brought to crashing halts, and whole areas became impassable.
    • 2020, Donald J. Lange, The Life and Poetry of George Darley, page 114:
      That the debut of the play on 20 April 1842 was a crashing failure is apparent from a letter from Charles […]

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