CRASHINGLY

Etymology

Adverb

crashingly (comparative more crashingly, superlative most crashingly)

While crashing, or as if crashing

Absolutely; terribly

Source: Wiktionary


CRASHING

Crash"ing, n.

Definition: The noise of many things falling and breaking at once. There shall be . . . a great crashing from the hills. Zeph. i. 10.

CRASH

Crash (kr), v. t. [imp & p. p. Crashed (kr; p. pr & vb. n. Crashing.] Etym: [OE. crashen, the same word as crasen to break, E. craze. See Craze.]

Definition: To break in pieces violently; to dash together with noise and violence. [R.] He shakt his head, and crasht his teeth for ire. Fairfax.

Crash, v. i.

1. To make a loud, clattering sound, as of many things falling and breaking at once; to break in pieces with a harsh noise. Roofs were blazing and walls crashing in every part of the city. Macualay.

2. To break with violence and noise; as, the chimney in falling crashed through the roof.

Crash, n.

1. A loud, sudden, confused sound, as of manu things falling and breaking at once. The wreck of matter and the crash of worlds. Addison.

2. Ruin; failure; sudden breaking down, as of a business house or a commercial enterprise.

Crash, n. Etym: [L. crassus coarse. See Crass.]

Definition: Coarse, heavy, narrow linen cloth, used esp. for towels.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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