crash course

Save This Word!

noun

a brief, intensive course of instruction, as to prepare one quickly for a test.

QUIZ

THINGAMABOB OR THINGUMMY: CAN YOU DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THE US AND UK TERMS IN THIS QUIZ?

Do you know the difference between everyday US and UK terminology? Test yourself with this quiz on words that differ across the Atlantic.

Question 1 of 7

In the UK, COTTON CANDY is more commonly known as…

Also called cram course.

Words nearby crash course

That full-length project, released in 1999, wasn’t a full-spectrum showcase of those “qualities,” but it did offer listeners a crash course in her strengths.
Britney Spears’ Pop Legacy Goes Way Beyond Her Music|Maura Johnston|July 21, 2021|Time
Now that you’ve completed your couscous crash course, head to our Recipe Finder to check out the various couscous recipes available.
A guide to couscous: The history, different types and how to cook with it|Aaron Hutcherson|May 14, 2021|Washington Post
Here is a crash course in how Amazon advertising experts are approaching the 500-pound gorilla.
Amazon U: Advertising Beyond Search Recap: How to leverage your brand on the e-commerce giant|Sara Jerde|March 31, 2021|Digiday
Instead of leadership, we got a crash course in the futility and misery of trying to manage a systemic disaster via millions of disconnected individual choices.
The Year Of Choosing Dangerously|Maggie Koerth (maggie.koerth-baker@fivethirtyeight.com)|March 11, 2021|FiveThirtyEight

Tell your glad-handing state and municipal leaders, with their finger-in-the-breeze priorities and vaccine websites that freeze, to take a crash course in organizational competence from the NFL.
The NFL’s pandemic response was a striking success — and a genuine public service|Sally Jenkins|February 10, 2021|Washington Post
The movie shot a few days inside the Armory, and Franco was given a crash course in the world of Kink.com.
James Franco Gets Kinky: Inside the BDSM Porn Documentary 'Kink'|Marlow Stern|August 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The upshot is to immerse oneself in a crash course on institutional racism and police brutality.
The War on Drugs Is What Makes Thugs|John McWhorter|August 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Plus WATCH two exclusive—and explosive—videos from Richard Hammond's Crash Course.
‘Top Gear’ Host Richard Hammond Invades America With New Show|Marlow Stern|April 13, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Since it was early afternoon, Rinzler gave me a crash-course in “right drinking” over a pot of Chrysanthemum tea.
Meditation Teacher Lodro Rinzler Rebrands Buddhism to Deal with Drinking and Sex|Allison Yarrow|February 11, 2012|DAILY BEAST
He is the author of Crisis Economics: A Crash Course in the Future of Finance.
Roubini and Bremmer on Why We're Still Doomed|Nouriel Roubini, Ian Bremmer|May 24, 2010|DAILY BEAST

crash course

A short, intensive training course, as in Daisy planned to take a crash course in cooking before she got married. [Colloquial; mid-1900s]