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crasher en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English crash Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English crasher From crash + -er.

Meanings

  1. One who crashes.
  2. One who attends an event without an invitation.
    • Wedding Crashers (2005 movie)
  3. A person or program that causes a system to crash.
    • If the 100 seeded bugs are striking (e.g., system crashers) and easy to trigger, testers will find them quickly […] 1999, Cem Kaner, Jack Falk, Hung Q. Nguyen, Testing Computer Software (page 49)

Forms

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crashers Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

party crasher

Synonyms

gatecrasher