crash course

noun

: a rapid and intense course of study

also : an experience that resembles such a course

has been given a crash course in diplomacy in his first weeks in office

Examples of crash course in a Sentence

Before her trip, she took a crash course in Russian culture and history at the local university.

Recent Examples on the Web

Look past the 1951 setting, however, and the movie's anti-war message about humanity being on a crash course to destruction has never lost its poignancy. — Richard Edwards, Space.com, 2 Oct. 2026

While their son was in the hospital, Bobbie and DeForrest Williams got a crash course in how to check their son's glucose levels and administer insulin. — Joseph Shapiro, NPR, 30 Sep. 2026

The rehearsals were intense, with a ton of new choreography and a crash course in how movies are made, since every single one of us in the cast was making our major-film debut. — Victor Garber, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2026

And for other women’s health companies that are graduating to growth stage next—investors have gotten at least one crash course in the category now. — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1958, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for crash course

• concourse
• divorce
• endorse
• enforce
• indorse
• midcourse
• outsource
• perforce
• racehorse
• remorse
• seahorse
• workforce