crush
Forms
- Plural
- crushes
- present (v1)
- crush
- past (v2)
- crushed
- past participle (v3)
- crushed
- present participle
- crushing
- 3rd person singular
- crushes
Definitions
1.A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.
2.Violent pressure, as of a moving crowd.
3.A violent crowding.
4.A crowd that produces uncomfortable pressure.
1.To press between two hard objects; to squeeze so as to alter the natural shape or integrity, or to force together into a mass.
2.To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding.
3.To overwhelm by pressure or weight.
- We believe the invasion has reached its peak. The task remaining is to crush it. Our men are confident, the United Nations command is confident, that it will be crushed.
- A stunning performance from the Republic of Ireland all but sealed progress to Euro 2012 as they crushed nine-man Estonia 4-0 in the first leg of the qualifying play-off tie in A Le Coq Arena in Tallinn.
4.To do impressively well at (sports events; performances; interviews; etc.).(colloquial)
- They had a gig recently at Madison Square, totally crushed it!
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4347
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
From Middle English cruschen (“to crush, smash, squeeze, squash”), from Old French croissir (“to crush”), from Late Latin *crusciō (“to crush”), from Frankish *krustijan (“to crush, squeeze, squash”), from Proto-Germanic *kreustaną (“to crush, grind, strike, smash”).