verb
crash
To sleep temporarily at someone else's place.
She crashes at her friend's apartment for the night.
Etymology
Crash is an expressive word for a violent impact or collapse. Its sleeping sense treats exhaustion or sudden sleep as a collapse, extending to staying temporarily wherever a bed is available.
More examples
- He crashed on the spare couch after the concert.
- They have crashed with relatives during the move.
- We are crashing at a neighbor's place until the heat is fixed.
Forms
crash · crashes · crashed · crashing
Similar words
- stay
- The neutral term for temporary lodging.
- sleep over
- Spends the night at someone else's home.