toast

n 1: slices of bread that have been toasted

2: a drink in honor of or to the health of a person or event

[syn: {pledge}]

v 1: make brown and crisp by heating; "toast bread" [syn: {crisp}]

2: propose a toast to; "Let us toast the birthday girl!" "Let's

drink to the New Year" [syn: {drink}, {pledge}, {salute}]

toast

1. Any completely inoperable system or component,

especially one that has just crashed and burned: "Uh, oh ... I

think the serial board is toast."

2. To cause a system to crash accidentally, especially in a

manner that requires manual rebooting. "Rick just toasted the

{firewall machine} again."

Compare {fried}.

(1995-05-01)