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crash out

(informal, computing) To terminate with an unhandled error; to crash.

ˈkɹæʃ ˈaʊtDocumented since 2010s2010sGen AlphaCurrent258 viewsLast reviewed Jun 29, 2026+ Add a definition
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#1·Apr 26, 2026US

(informal, computing) To terminate with an unhandled error; to crash.

We walked by Eric's room across the hall and I thought maybe he was still up, or maybe crashed out?
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#2·Apr 26, 2026US

(informal) To be eliminated from a competition.

Harry didn't know why but the computer crashed out all of a sudden.
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#3·Apr 26, 2026US

(informal) To fall asleep from exhaustion.

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  • “I’ve surpassed appropriate caffeine levels and am flirting with a future crash out 😔🤘🏻”

He crashed out after a long day of work.
Origin: From . References online to the slang sense go as far back as a Twitter post from 2013, attributed to YoungBoy Never Broke Again, a rapper from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Popularized by a December 2023 viral TikTok video. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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"crash out" means: To fall asleep from exhaustion.. This is informal slang, common in casual speech, texting and social media, but not appropriate for school work, applications or professional settings. There is no real cause for concern in itself; it is everyday peer vocabulary. If your child uses it, a light comment about audience and register is usually enough — no need to escalate. Context, more than the word, tells you whether to follow up.

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"crash out" means: To fall asleep from exhaustion.. Register: informal slang, fine in casual conversation, texting and social media but not in academic essays, business writing or formal speech. A common non-native mistake is to use the word in the wrong register, or to assume one fixed meaning when it is actually polysemous; always check the surrounding register and the audience before producing it yourself. In formal writing, prefer a neutral synonym or a short descriptive phrase, and use this word only when you have heard or read it being used naturally in a comparable context.

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  • “hey wanna go insane and crash out really badly? look up how to convert powerpoint presentations into high quality images”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “i still haven’t played the 3ndfield quest either i’m gonna crash out bc of my inability to do things 🥀”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Lmao, AI bros Crash out very easly. For me I post a comment saying "AI art is not art" in a subreddit of Defeading AI, LITTERALY not so long minutes later I got banned. It's so easy to make them angry”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “IF WONDERLAND.JAR DOESN'T SEND A MONSTER AFTER ME THIS INSTANT, I WILL FUCKING CRASH OUT THIS IS A HORROR MOD HOW COME THERE ARE 36 ENTITIES, AND NIT A SINGLE ONE HAS DECIDED TO ATTACK ME IF I HEAR ANOTHER SCARY_SOUND.WAV OR GENERUC_SCARY_STRUCTURE IN THE WORLD I WILL LOSE IT”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “I’ve surpassed appropriate caffeine levels and am flirting with a future crash out 😔🤘🏻”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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