car crash
car crash noun: used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see car, crash.
Noun
car crash (plural car crashes)
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see car, crash.
- Synonyms:
- car wreck
- A mess or disaster, especially one that attracts a lot of attention.
- In this instance the departure is radical: this is a real car crash of a ballad, impacted (the beginning and end have crushed together) and distorted, yet still recognizable.2003, Mary-Ann Constantine, Gerald Porter, Fragments and Meaning in Traditional Song: From the Blues to the Baltic, →ISBN
- Some presenters are very good at thinking on their feet, and some presenters can't even think whether they're on their feet or sitting down. That can lead to car crash TV, and sometimes the viewers quite like it.2008, Eamonn Holmes, This Is My Life: Eamonn Holmes: The Autobiography, →ISBN
Examples of car crash in a sentence
- I mean, the rest of it wasn't a total car crash ... was it?2011, Ella Kingsley, Confessions Of A Karaoke Queen, →ISBN:
- 'I'm glad one of us has a life that isn't a total car crash,' Jules said with a sad smile.2014, Emma Hannigan, The Heart of Winter, →ISBN:
Synonyms of car crash
Forms of car crash
| plural | car crashes |
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Words formed from car crash
Questions about car crash
- What does car crash mean?
- Car crash means used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see car, crash.
- How do you use car crash in a sentence?
- I mean, the rest of it wasn't a total car crash ... was it?
- What part of speech is car crash?
- Car crash is a noun.
- What is the plural of car crash?
- The plural of car crash is car crashes.
Words near car crash in the dictionary
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