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

Frémaux also turned the opening ceremony into his customary crash course in Lyon cinema history. — Lise Pedersen, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026

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

The past few weeks have been a crash course on NCAA hockey, and living on their own. — Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 1 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

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