Meaning of crash pad | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Any place used for temporary lodging, especially without payment or permission.
2. A place of temporary lodging for airline flight crews.
3. A protective foam pad placed on the ground, used as protection in case of falling from the wall.
4. A room where one can recover after a bad trip.
   slang

Examples

“The first officer did not have⟳ a crash⟳ pad in the EWR area. A captain who had flown with the first officer when she was based at ORF stated that she planned to stay⟳ overnight at hotels once she began commuting from SEA to EWR. According to a cargo air carrier captain who met the first officer in December 2008 while they were jumpseat passengers, the first officer stated that she did not need⟳ a crash⟳ pad at EWR because she could stay⟳ in the crew lounge.”

“They may then go to a hippie clinic crash⟳ pad to be "talked down."”

“Ideally, he could be referred to a nearby "crash⟳ pad" where a peer "guide⟳" that he should have⟳ taken with him on his trip⟳ to begin⟳ with could bring⟳ him back to sanity in a safe, but nonmedical environment.”

“Because of the fear of a bad trip⟳ (a bummer), many LSD users will not take⟳ the drug except in controlled settings or in a crash⟳ pad.”

“One lovely scene in his bachelor apartment-turned-crash-pad is dominated by a 300-pound man having a bad trip⟳ on LSD, amid countless other frenzied happenings.”

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