dash

noun

  1. 1

    a quick run

  2. 2

    the act of moving with great haste

    he made a dash for the door

  3. 3

    distinctive and stylish elegance

    he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer

  4. 4

    the longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code

  5. 5

    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

  6. 6

    a footrace run at top speed

    he is preparing for the 100-yard dash

verb

  1. 1

    add an enlivening or altering element to

    blue paint dashed with white

  2. 2

    break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over

    Smash a plate

  3. 3

    hurl or thrust violently

    He dashed the plate against the wall

    Waves were dashing against the rock

  4. 4

    cause to lose courage

    dashed by the refusal

  5. 5

    run or move very quickly or hastily

    She dashed into the yard

  6. 6

    destroy or break

    dashed ambitions and hopes

Synonyms

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