Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: crashing
IPA transcription: [kɹ'æʃɪŋ]
Pronunciations of crashing
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adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: bally(a), blinking(a), bloody(a), blooming(a), crashing(a), flaming(a), fucking(a)
    Meaning: informal intensifiers; "what a bally (or blinking) nuisance"; "a bloody fool"; "a crashing bore"; "you flaming idiot"
Usage examples
  • I heard already on the right the whirlpool Making a horrible crashing under us; Whence I thrust out my head with eyes cast downward.
  • At this point there came a bellowing and crashing and tramping outside and Miss Priscilla's father, roaring fury and threats of vengeance, hurled himself into the room.
  • "It seems to me, Anne, that you are never going to outgrow your fashion of setting your heart so on things and then crashing down into despair because you don't get them."
  • The 'Ecliptic', with her cargo and crew, had completely disappeared, while the signalman, near at hand, slept peacefully, undisturbed by her crashing timbers, or the shouts of the drowning seamen.
  • That fiercely but accurately-sped missile knocked the half-drawn pistol from Newman's hand and sent his body crashing to the floor, where Deston's second bullet made it certain that he would not recover consciousness.
  • The level swinging speed of the antelope, the slinking of the lynx, the crashing flight of the wapiti--no, it was none of these that came to mind; nor did the mountains nor the plains, nor the wilderness of the pines.
  • And with these six creatures guiding us, we went through the tumult of ferns and creepers and tree-stems towards the northwest. Then came a yelling, a crashing among the branches, and a little pink homunculus rushed by us shrieking.
  • She dashed the cup to the floor, spilling its contents, and, with an effort, tore the clinging hands from her and sent the woman crashing on to the ground, rolling against the brazier, oversetting it, and scattering brass pots and cups over the rug.
  • Then she swayed, lost her balance, stumbled, staggered, and fell, sliding down over the sun-baked roof and crashing off it through the tangle of Virginia creeper beneath--all before the dismayed circle below could give a simultaneous, terrified shriek.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Trolley problem, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording BBC Radio 4, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Dennis Anderson, License CC BY-SA 4.0
3. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Baba O'Riley, License CC BY-SA 4.0
4. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9, License CC BY-SA 4.0