Lexic.us

Definition of Crash course

1. Noun. A rapid and intense course of training or research (usually undertaken in an emergency). "A crash programme is needed to create new jobs"

Definition of Crash course

1. Noun. (idiomatic) A quick, intense course of learning, especially one which is informal or hurried. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Crash Course

Literary usage of Crash course

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Never-ceasing Search by Francis Otto Schmitt (1990)
"It was the epitome of a crash course, consisting of dawn-thru-dusk sessions by Walle Nauta speaking to a motley crew ..."

2. Defense Policy in the Reagan Administration edited by William P. Snyder, James Brown (1997)
"US Diplomats Take a crash course in Self-Defense." Life 8. no. 13 (December 1985): 130-86. 15. In a 9 August 1985 bomb attack on ..."

3. Nonfiction Craft Lessons: Teaching Information Writing K-8 by JoAnn Portalupi, Ralph J. Fletcher (2001)
"... introduced in a way so that even our youngest can get a feel for what it means to take a crash course on a subject and create their own teaching books. ..."

4. In the Shade of an Acacia Tree: Memoirs of a Health Officer in Africa, 1945-1959 by Frank L. Lambrecht (1991)
"After a crash course in medical entomology, and a two-weeks' vacation in Switzerland and Italy, our leave was up. I had found time, however, to participate ..."

5. The Inventive Thinking Curriculum Project by Marion Canedo (1990)
"CREATING AN ADVERTISEMENT For a crash course in advertising, discuss the visual effect created by a television commercial, magazine, or newspaper ..."

6. Teaching Adolescent Writers by Kelly Gallagher (2006)
"A crash course in Understanding Author's Purpose One year, Vice President Dick Cheney was in the news for over a week due to a near-tragic hunting accident. ..."

7. The Never-ceasing Search by Francis Otto Schmitt (1990)
"It was the epitome of a crash course, consisting of dawn-thru-dusk sessions by Walle Nauta speaking to a motley crew ..."

8. Defense Policy in the Reagan Administration edited by William P. Snyder, James Brown (1997)
"US Diplomats Take a crash course in Self-Defense." Life 8. no. 13 (December 1985): 130-86. 15. In a 9 August 1985 bomb attack on ..."

9. Nonfiction Craft Lessons: Teaching Information Writing K-8 by JoAnn Portalupi, Ralph J. Fletcher (2001)
"... introduced in a way so that even our youngest can get a feel for what it means to take a crash course on a subject and create their own teaching books. ..."

10. In the Shade of an Acacia Tree: Memoirs of a Health Officer in Africa, 1945-1959 by Frank L. Lambrecht (1991)
"After a crash course in medical entomology, and a two-weeks' vacation in Switzerland and Italy, our leave was up. I had found time, however, to participate ..."

11. The Inventive Thinking Curriculum Project by Marion Canedo (1990)
"CREATING AN ADVERTISEMENT For a crash course in advertising, discuss the visual effect created by a television commercial, magazine, or newspaper ..."

12. Teaching Adolescent Writers by Kelly Gallagher (2006)
"A crash course in Understanding Author's Purpose One year, Vice President Dick Cheney was in the news for over a week due to a near-tragic hunting accident. ..."

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