Crash and Nod

Crash

Crash verb - To cause to break with violence and much noise.

Nod and crash are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Nod" instead a verb "Crash".

Nearby Words: crashed, crashing

Nod

Nod verb - To make short up-and-down movements.

Crash and nod are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Crash" instead a verb "Nod".

Nearby Words: nodded, nodding

How words are described

good good crash good nod
clear clear crash clear nod
special special crash special nod
short short crash short nod
Other adjectives: single, simple, real, big, huge, deliberate, major, possible, minor, apparent, literal, intentional, giant.

Common collocations

time crash time nod time
head crash head nod head
battle crash battle nod battle
mother crash mother nod mother
Other words: times.

Both words in one sentence

  • Film / Get Smart Shout-Out: The scene where Max and the Chief crash into a swordfish sign, with the fish nearly spearing the Chief, is a nod to a similar scene in My Fellow Americans.
  • Video Game / Rise of the Tomb Raider This is a nod to Lara's background in the original and Legend continuities, in which Lara's Call to Adventure was the partly the result of surviving a plane crash in the Himalayas.
  • Fandom Nod: '“I was hoping you could give me a crash course on how to optimize this thing,” Garrus said.
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