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Dash

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Noun

1. dash, elan, flair, panache, style

distinctive and stylish elegance

Example Sentences:
'he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer'

2. dash, sprint

a quick run

3. dash

a footrace run at top speed

Example Sentences:
'he is preparing for the 100-yard dash'

4. dash, hyphen

a punctuation mark (-) used between parts of a compound word or between the syllables of a word when the word is divided at the end of a line of text

5. dah, dash

the longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code

6. bolt, dash

the act of moving with great haste

Example Sentences:
'he made a dash for the door'

Verb

7. dart, dash, flash, scoot, scud, shoot

run or move very quickly or hastily

Example Sentences:
'She dashed into the yard'

8. dash, smash

break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over

Example Sentences:
'Smash a plate'

9. crash, dash

hurl or thrust violently

Example Sentences:
'He dashed the plate against the wall'
'Waves were dashing against the rock'

10. dash

destroy or break

Example Sentences:
'dashed ambitions and hopes'

11. dash, daunt, frighten away, frighten off, pall, scare, scare away, scare off

cause to lose courage

Example Sentences:
'dashed by the refusal'

12. dash

add an enlivening or altering element to

Example Sentences:
'blue paint dashed with white'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Dash

see synonyms of dash
verb (mainly tr)
1. 
to hurl; crash
he dashed the cup to the floor
the waves dashed against the rocks
2. 
to mix
white paint dashed with blue
3. (intransitive)
to move hastily or recklessly; rush
he dashed to her rescue
4. (usually foll by off or down)
to write (down) or finish (off) hastily
5. 
to destroy; frustrate
his hopes were dashed
6. 
to daunt (someone); cast down; discourage
he was dashed by her refusal
noun
7. 
a sudden quick movement; dart
8. 
a small admixture
coffee with a dash of cream
9. 
a violent stroke or blow
10. 
the sound of splashing or smashing
the dash of the waves
11. 
panache; style
he rides with dash
12.  cut a dash
13. 
the punctuation mark —, used singly in place of a colon, esp to indicate a sudden change of subject or grammatical anacoluthon, or in pairs to enclose a parenthetical remark
14. 
the symbol (–) used, in combination with the symbol dot (·), in the written representation of Morse and other telegraphic codes
Compare dah
15. athletics another word (esp US and Canadian) for sprint
16. informal short for dashboard
exclamation
informal a euphemistic word for damn (sense 1), damn (sense 2)
noun
1. 
a gift, commission, tip, or bribe
verb
2. 
to give (a dash) to someone

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Dash

see synonyms of dash
verb transitive
1. 
to throw so as to break; smash
2. 
to strike with violence
3. 
to throw, knock, or thrust
with away, down, against, etc.
4. 
to splash or spatter (liquid) on (someone or something)
5. 
to mix with a little of another substance
6. 
to destroy; frustrate
to dash one's hopes
7. 
to depress; discourage
8. 
to put to shame; abash
9.  Informal, Obsolete
to damn: usually in the imperative as a mild curse
verb intransitive
10. 
to strike violently (against or on)
11. 
to move swiftly or impetuously; rush
noun
12. 
the effect or sound of smashing or splashing
13. 
a bit of something added
a dash of salt
14. 
a sudden, swift movement; rush
15.  US
a short, fast run or race
16. 
spirited quality; vigor; verve
17. 
striking or showy appearance or display
18. 
dashboard (sense 2)
19. 
a hasty stroke with pen or brush
20. 
either of two marks (— or –), used in printing and writing to indicate a break in sentence structure, a parenthetical element, or to connect numbers showing a range of dates, times, etc.
see also em dash
21.  Telegraphy
a long sound or signal, as in Morse code
see also dot1
noun
in W Africa,
a. 
a gift or tip offered to get better service
b. 
a bribe
c. 
bribery

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Dash

see synonyms of dash
v. dashed, dash·ing, dash·es
v.intr.
1. To move with haste; rush: dashed into the room; dashed down the hall.
2. To strike violently; smash: waves dashing on the rocks.
v.tr.
1.
a. To break or smash by striking violently: The ship was dashed upon the rocks.
b. To hurl, knock, or thrust with sudden violence: dashed the cup against the wall.
c. To remove by striking or wiping: dash tears from one's face.
2. To splash; bespatter: dash water on one's face.
3.
a. To write hastily. Often used with off: dashed off a note to the dean.
b. To drink hastily. Often used with down: dashed down a glass of milk.
4.
a. To add an enlivening or altering element to: a speech dashed with humor.
b. To affect by adding another element or ingredient to: ice cream that was dashed with rum.
5.
a. To destroy or wreck: Our hopes were dashed by the news. See Synonyms at blast.
b. To discourage or dispirit: "This discouraging information a little dashed the child" (Charles Dickens).
n.
1. A swift, violent blow or stroke: knocked the books to the floor with an impatient dash of his hand.
2.
a. A splash: threw a dash of water on my face.
b. A small amount of an added ingredient: a dash of sherry.
3. A quick stroke, as with a pencil or brush.
4. A sudden movement; a rush: made a dash for the exit.
5. Sports A footrace, usually less than a quarter-mile long, run at top speed from the outset.
6. A spirited quality in action or style; verve. See Synonyms at vigor.
7. Either of two symbols, an emdash or an endash, used in writing and in printing.
8. In Morse and similar codes, the long sound or signal used in combination with the dot and silent intervals to represent letters or numbers.
9. A dashboard.
tr.v. dashed, dash·ing, dash·es
To damn.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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