1. (noun)clang, clangor, clangour, clangoring, clank, clash, crash a loud resonant repeatingnoise "he could hear the clang of distant bells"
2. (noun)crash, wreck a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles)
"they are still investigating the crash of the TWA plane"
3. (noun)crash, collapse a sudden largedecline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)
4. (noun)crash, smash the act of colliding with something
"his crash through the window"; "the fullback's smash into the defensive line"
5. (noun)crash (computer science) an event that causes a computersystem to become inoperative
"the crash occurred during a thunderstorm and the system has been down ever since"
6. (verb)crash fall or comedown violently
"The branch crashed down on my car"; "The plane crashed in the sea"
7. (verb)crash move with, or as if with, a crashing noise "The car crashed through the glass door"
8. (verb)crash, ram undergo damage or destruction on impact "the plane crashed into the ocean"; "The car crashed into the lamp post"
9. (verb)crash move violently as through a barrier "The terrorists crashed the gate"