Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. (US campus) to amaze; to do very well.

1896		W.C. Gore Student Sl. in Cohen (1997) 13: crush v. Astonish. ‘Crush him with a perfect recitation.’.
1964		D. Gregory Nigger 97: I had my equalizer: I could always go out on the track and crush the world.
1986		Eble Campus Sl. Mar. 3: crush – do well, usually on a test: I crushed that exam.
1990		Eble Campus Sl. Nov.

2. (US campus, also crush on) to be fond of someone [crush n.² (1)].

1900		E.H. Babbitt ‘College Words and Phrases’ in DN II:i 31: crush, v. t. To like a person.
1994		Eble Campus Sl. Apr. 3: crush on – like, be attracted by, infatuated with: ‘I used to like Jason, but now I’m crushing on Tim’.
2015		S. King Finders Keepers (2016) 105: Go on, spill it. Some boy you’ve been crushing on told you to buzz off?
2023		(con. 1962) J. Ellroy Enchanters 288: Weird-o guys [...] crushing on Carole Landis.

3. (orig. US black) to have sexual intercourse.

1997–2002		Hope College ‘Dict. of New Terms’ 🌐 crush v. To copulate with; to perform copulation upon. Originated as slang by hip-hop artists.
2001		Fat Joe ‘We Thuggin’ 🎵 Dancin with shorty and her friend keep flirtin / I don’t always crush two but tonight seems certain.