crash
Quick, fast, intensive, impromptuQuick, fast, intensive, impromptu.
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Meaning
1 senses(not comparable)Quick, fast, intensive, impromptu.
crash course
crash diet
Origin
From Middle English crasshen, crasschen, craschen (“to break into pieces”), of uncertain oFrom 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).
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