noun

• (slang) A group or gang.
  "Then there was another set who called themselves the "Ragged Thirteen"; and the account says "they looked it." And, like most diggers, this "crush," to quote my authority, could handle the cards a bit."
• (informal) An infatuation with somebody one is not dating.
  "I've had a huge crush on her since we met many years ago."
• (informal) An infatuation with somebody one is not dating.
  "It had taken nine years from the evening that Truman first showed up with a pie plate at her mother's door, but his dogged perseverance eventually won him the hand of his boyhood Sunday school crush."
• (dated) A party or festive function.
  "Two months ago I went to a crush at Lady Brandon's."

verb

• (figurative) To overwhelm by pressure or weight.
  "After the corruption scandal, the opposition crushed the ruling party in the elections"
• (figurative, colloquial) To do impressively well at (sports events; performances; interviews; etc.).
  "They had a gig recently at Madison Square—totally crushed it!"
• (intransitive) To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller volume or area, by external weight or force.
  "an eggshell crushes easily"
• (intransitive, transitive) To feel infatuation or unrequited love.
  "She's crushing on him."