Crash
Crash verb - To cause to break with violence and much noise.
Nod
Nod verb - To make short up-and-down movements.
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
Both words in one sentence
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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.
Source: Film / Get Smart -
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.
Source: Fanfic / XCOM Second Contact
Cite this Source
Nod and Crash. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/crash/nod
Crash & Nod. N.p., 2016. Web. 07 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/crash/nod>.
Nod or Crash. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/crash/nod.
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