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wangle(1) (iou) and crash 1, verb (oh)


wangle(1) (iou)



wangle verb1 intrans. Scot. & dial. E19.
[Perh. alt. of WAGGLE verb due to influence of WANKLE.]
Move shakily or unsteadily; dangle.

crash 1, verb (oh)



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1 ?car/plane etc?
2 ?hit somebody/something hard?
3 ?loud noise?
4 ?computer?
5 ?financial?
6 ?sport?
7 ?sleep?
8 ?party?
9 crashing bore
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[Date: 1300-1400; Origin: Probably from the sound]
?CAR/PLANE ETC?
[I and T] to have an accident in a car, plane etc by violently hitting something else
-see also collide collide
::The jet crashed after take-off.
crash into/onto etc
::The plane crashed into a mountain.
crash a car/bus/plane etc
::He was drunk when he crashed the car.
?HIT SOMEBODY/SOMETHING HARD?
[I,T always + adverb/preposition] to hit something or someone extremely hard while moving, in a way that causes a lot of damage or makes a lot of noise
crash into/through etc
::A brick crashed through the window.
::We watched the waves crashing against the rocks.
::The plates went crashing to the ground.
::A large branch came crashing down .
?LOUD NOISE?
[I] to make a sudden loud noise
::Thunder crashed and boomed outside.
?COMPUTER?
[I and T] if a computer crashes, or if you crash the computer, it suddenly stops working
::The system crashed and I lost three hours' worth of work.
?FINANCIAL?
[I] if a stock market or shares crash, they suddenly lose a lot of value
?SPORT?
[I] BrE to lose very badly in a Sports event
::Liverpool crashed to their worst defeat of the season.
?SLEEP?
[I] spoken a) to stay at someone's house for the night
::Can I crash at your place on Saturday night?
b) also crash out
to go to bed, or go to sleep very quickly, because you are very tired
::I crashed out on the sofa this afternoon.
?PARTY?
[T] informal to go to a party that you have not been invited to
::We crashed Joe's party yesterday.
crashing bore
BrE old-fashioned someone who is very boring