Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Wiktionary
n. (context idiomatic English) A quick, intense course of learning, especially one which is informal or hurried.
WordNet
n. a rapid and intense course of training or research (usually undertaken in an emergency); "he took a crash course in Italian on his way to Italy"; "his first job was a crash course in survival and in learning how to get along with people"; "a crash programme is needed to create new jobs" [syn: crash program, crash programme]
Wikipedia
Crash Course (also known as Driving Academy) is a 1988 made for television teen film directed by Oz Scott.
Crash Course is an American game show that premiered on ABC on August 26, 2009. It is hosted by Orlando Jones and Dan Cortese. The series has teams of two competing for a golden steering wheel and $50,000. The series was aimed to try and outbest Wipeout, but failed to beat its audience and has been canceled after three aired episodes (but four were produced).
Crash Course may refer to:
Crash Course (sometimes stylized as CrashCourse) is an educational YouTube channel started by the Green brothers, Hank Green and John Green, who are notable for their VlogBrothers channel. Originally, John and Hank presented humanities and science courses to viewers, respectively, although the series has since expanded to incorporate courses by additional hosts.
Crash Course was one of the 100 initial channels of YouTube's $100 million original channel initiative. Crash Course launched a preview on December 2, 2011. As of August 2016, the Crash Course YouTube channel has over 4.6 million subscribers and has received over 430 million video views. In November 2014, Hank Green announced that a partnership with PBS Digital Studios would allow them to produce more courses, starting in January 2015.
To date, there are 17 seasons of Crash Course, with Hank hosting six and John hosting five. Together with Emily Graslie, they co-hosted Big History. Alongside the PBS partnership, and with John commencing a year-long hiatus from the show in 2015, additional hosts were brought in to increase the number of concurrent series: Phil Plait (Astronomy), Craig Benzine (Government), Adriene Hill and Jacob Clifford (both Economics), Shini Somara (Physics), and Andre Meadows (Games). A second channel, Crash Course Kids, is hosted by Sabrina Cruz and has completed its first series, Science.
Usage examples of "crash course".
As Tenel gives the students a crash course in ground combat, Jacen and Jaina help set up planetary shield generators.
It was a crash course in civilization that was more than welcome after their wandering in the extremities.
After a crash course at Bletchley Park, three GCHQ intercept operators were sent to Aden for the operation.
Guy had been giving Gray a crash course in managing it all, but hadn’.
Guy had been giving Gray a crash course in managing it all, but hadnt given him the power to do so, unless hed left a letter giving Gray his proxy.
Hopkins designated me to go, because I'd taken a crash course in Russian.
So Gardener had gotten a crash course in a body function his own body would never perform, and he knew the layman's idea of menstruation - a monthly flow of blood from the vagina - simply wasn't true.
A skinny Latino girl had given him a crash course in how to stay alive with a sharpened blade.