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crash pad
crash padn.1. Padding inside vehicles, such as automobiles or tanks, for protecting occupants in the event of an accident or sudden stop.2. Slang A place affording free and usually temporary lodging: "the head shops and crash pads of the psychedelic past" (Wall Street Journal).crash padn1. a place to sleep or live temporarilycrash′ pad`
n. 1. Slang. a free place to sleep or live temporarily. 2. padding inside a vehicle for protecting passengers. [1935–40] crash pad
crash padA place where free accommodation is provided on a temporary basis. Because of our spare bedroom, our house has become something of a crash pad for visiting friends and family.See also: crash, padcrash padA free, temporary lodging place, as in The company maintains several crash pads for employees from out-of-town divisions. This expression originally referred to a place affording runaways, drug addicts, and the like somewhere to crash in the sense of "sleep." In time it also was used more broadly, as in the example. [Slang; 1960s] See also: crash, pad |