crashmate

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noun

Someone with whom one is in a crash, such as a car accident.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

nouncrashmate (plural crashmates)

plural crashmates

  1. rareSomeone with whom one is in a crash, such as a car accident.

    Along with growing closer to my crash-mates, the island had become a friend, too.

    2017 -, Pepper Winters, Unseen Messages
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    She took pictures of the fragmented copter and fellow survivors, then handed the camera to one of her crashmates to take pictures of her.

    1994 April 26, “Brinkley's Crash Pictures to Benefit Rescue Crews”, in Deseret News

    Or center the second line with Devo...and allow Holik to play third line with some crashmates.

    2002 July 15, Danny Clark, “Nedved is only a million or two from his "right" salary”, in alt.sports.hockey.nhl.ny-rangers (Usenet)

    Eventually the word came down: Froome, along with his crashmates Porte and Mollema, would be granted a finishing time when the crash occurred, keeping him in the yellow jersey.

    2016 July 14, “Chris Froome's Stage 12 Running Form: An Analysis”, in Bicycling

Origin

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APA

crashmate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crashmate

MLA

“crashmate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crashmate. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “crashmate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crashmate.

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