Cymbal sound (5)

I believe the answer is:

crash

(Other definitions for crash that I've seen before include "Impact" , "Planned quickly for emergency" , "failure" , "Disastrous market fall" , "Collide violently" .)

I've seen this clue in the Penny Press and the LA Times.

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