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

When her daughter, content creator Anuja Bagri, 25, shared a TikTok video documenting her mom’s crash course in the sport before the tournament, viewers couldn’t get enough. — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 9 July 2026

Country music star Jordan Davis is getting a crash course in the internet's complicated relationship with hunting. — Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2026

Somewhere in Austin, a couple of guitarists are quite possibly taking a crash course in these songs. — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 29 June 2026

Minions & Monsters opens with a Universal Studios tour that doubles as a crash course in Hollywood history, winding past relics from the silent era through the studio system. — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 26 June 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