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crashing

Date: Nov 21 2002

Quote

1. Quote - Listen to the quote and guess what the slang means.

“I didn’t have much money and wound up crashing on her couch, and that’s when I met Heather.”
- James Van Der Beek, actor and star of the new movie Rules of Attraction, talking about meeting his fiancee Heather McComb.

Definition

1. Definition - Study the definition.

sleeping, staying somewhere other than your own house

2. Use - Learn how the slang is used.

You can use crash to describe a situation in which you are staying at a place other than your home. For example, if you’re at a friend’s house and you’re too tired to go home, you could crash on your friend’s couch. Or, if you move to a new city, you might crash at a friend’s house until you find your own place.
Crash can also be used to simply mean “go to sleep.” For example, if you’re really tired you could say, “I’m going to crash now. I’m exhausted.”

Examples

1. Examples - Hear some example sentences.

””When I moved to New York I didn’t have a job or a place to live, so I had to crash at Michele’s place for 3 weeks.”“

””Is Jaden crashing at your house tonight? She probably shouldn’t drive home. She’s been drinking.”“

””Dude, I gotta crash at your pad tonight. Sarah kicked me out. We got in a huge fight. I need to give her a couple of days to cool off – then I’ll go back.”“

Winners

1. Winners - See who guessed the slang definition correctly.

I think “crashing” here refers to ” depending on, relying on, counting on, or taking position, etc.”
by Panpan (Ann Arbor, Michigan USA)
“Crash” in this sentence means “sleep, spend the night.”
by GC
“crashing on somewhere” means sleeping in a casual ‘bed’, when the real bed is not allowed. or someone is so tired, even don’t mind where he will lie down.
by Tanya (Xinjiang, China)
Crashing means to fall asleep.
by Tong (Hong Kong)
I think crashing means sleeping or spending the night at someone’s house.
by Mahmoud (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)

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