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Definition of 'Dash'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) dash
to strike or smash violently, esp. so as to break to pieces:
to dash a plate against a wall.

2.  dash
to throw or thrust violently or suddenly:
to dash one stone against another.

3.  dash
to splash, often violently; bespatter, as with water or mud.

4.  dash
to apply roughly:
to dash paint on a wall.

5.  dash
to mix by adding another substance:
wine dashed with water.

6.  dash
to ruin or frustrate:
The rain dashed our hopes.

7.  dash
to depress; dispirit:
The failure dashed my spirits.

8. (v.i.) dash
to strike with violence:
waves dashing against the cliff.

9.  dash
to move with violence; rush:
to dash around the corner.

10.  dash
dash off,

11.  dash
to hurry away.

12.  dash
Also, dash down. do hastily:
to dash off a letter.

13. (n.) dash
a small quantity of something:
a dash of salt.

14.  dash
a hasty or sudden movement:
to make a dash for the door.

15.  dash
a mark or sign (—) used variously in printed or written matter, esp. to note a break, pause, or hesitation, to begin and end parenthetic text, to indicate omission of letters or words, to substitute for certain uses of the colon, and to separate elements of a sentence or series of sentences, as a question from its answer.

16.  dash
the splashing of liquid against something.

17.  dash
the sound of such splashing.

18.  dash
spirited action; élan; vigor in action or style:
to perform with spirit and dash.

19.  dash
a short race:
the 100-yard dash.

20.  dash
a signal of longer duration than a dot, used in groups of dots, dashes, and spaces to represent letters, as in Morse code.

21.  dash
a hasty stroke, esp. of a pen.

22.  dash
Archaic. a violent and rapid blow or stroke.

23. (Chiefly Brit.) dash
to damn (usu. used interjectionally).

Etymology: (1790–1800; euphemism based on d—n, printed form of damn)

Definition of 'Dash'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) dash, elan, flair, panache, style
distinctive and stylish elegance
"he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer"

2. (noun) dash, sprint
a quick run

3. (noun) dash
a footrace run at top speed
"he is preparing for the 100-yard dash"

4. (noun) hyphen, dash
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. (noun) dash, dah
the longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code

6. (verb) dash, bolt
the act of moving with great haste
"he made a dash for the door"

7. (verb) dart, dash, scoot, scud, flash, shoot
run or move very quickly or hastily
"She dashed into the yard"

8. (verb) smash, dash
break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over
"Smash a plate"

9. (verb) crash, dash
hurl or thrust violently
"He dashed the plate against the wall"; "Waves were dashing against the rock"

10. (verb) dash
destroy or break
"dashed ambitions and hopes"

11. (verb) daunt, dash, scare off, pall, frighten off, scare away, frighten away, scare
cause to lose courage
"dashed by the refusal"

12. (verb) dash
add an enlivening or altering element to
"blue paint dashed with white"

Definition of 'Dash'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) dash
to run a short distance
I dashed after the bus.

2. dash
to hit or cause to hit hard against
waves dashing against the rocks; He dashed the bottle to pieces.

3. (noun) dash
a small amount in cooking
Add a dash of salt.

4. dash
the symbol (-) in writing
items separated by dashes

Definition of 'Dash'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Dash
violent striking together of two bodies; collision; crash

2. (noun) Dash
a sudden check; abashment; frustration; ruin; as, his hopes received a dash

3. (noun) Dash
a slight admixture, infusion, or adulteration; a partial overspreading; as, wine with a dash of water; red with a dash of purple

4. (noun) Dash
a rapid movement, esp. one of short duration; a quick stroke or blow; a sudden onset or rush; as, a bold dash at the enemy; a dash of rain

5. (noun) Dash
energy in style or action; animation; spirit

6. (noun) Dash
a vain show; a blustering parade; a flourish; as, to make or cut a great dash

7. (noun) Dash
a mark or line [--], in writing or printing, denoting a sudden break, stop, or transition in a sentence, or an abrupt change in its construction, a long or significant pause, or an unexpected or epigrammatic turn of sentiment. Dashes are also sometimes used instead of marks or parenthesis

8. (noun) Dash
the sign of staccato, a small mark [/] denoting that the note over which it is placed is to be performed in a short, distinct manner

9. (noun) Dash
the line drawn through a figure in the thorough bass, as a direction to raise the interval a semitone

10. (noun) Dash
a short, spirited effort or trial of speed upon a race course; -- used in horse racing, when a single trial constitutes the race

11. (verb) Dash
to throw with violence or haste; to cause to strike violently or hastily; -- often used with against

12. (verb) Dash
to break, as by throwing or by collision; to shatter; to crust; to frustrate; to ruin

13. (verb) Dash
to put to shame; to confound; to confuse; to abash; to depress

14. (verb) Dash
to throw in or on in a rapid, careless manner; to mix, reduce, or adulterate, by throwing in something of an inferior quality; to overspread partially; to bespatter; to touch here and there; as, to dash wine with water; to dash paint upon a picture

15. (verb) Dash
to form or sketch rapidly or carelessly; to execute rapidly, or with careless haste; -- with off; as, to dash off a review or sermon

16. (verb) Dash
to erase by a stroke; to strike out; knock out; -- with out; as, to dash out a word

17. (verb) Dash
to rust with violence; to move impetuously; to strike violently; as, the waves dash upon rocks

Translation of 'Dash'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to move with speed and violence A man dashed into a shop.
Afrikaans: hardloop	Arabic: يَنْدَفِعُ بِسُرْعَه	Bulgarian: втурвам се
Brazilian: atirar-se	Czech: uhánět	German: stürzen
Danish: fare; styrte; storme	Greek: ορμώ	Spanish: correr
Estonian: tormama	Farsi: ناگهان و به سرعت حرکت کرد	Finnish: syöksyä
French: se précipiter	Hebrew: לְזַנֵק	Hindi: तेज दौड़
Croatian: jurnuti, srnuti	Hungarian: beront vhová	Indonesian: menghambur
Icelandic: brjóta	Italian: balzare	Japanese: 突進する
Korean: 돌진	Lithuanian: pulti, mestis	Latvian: mesties; drāz-ties
Malay: serbu	Dutch: stormen	Norwegian: storme (inn), komme styrt
Polish: rzucać się pędem	Persian: ناگهان و به سرعت حرکت کرد	Pashto: ځبل، ځپل، دړې وړې كول: په
Portuguese: atirar-se	Romanian: a se năpusti	Russian: броситься
Slovak: uháňať	Slovenian: planiti	Serbian: uleteti
Swedish: rusa, störta	Thai: โผเข้าไปอย่างรวดเร็ว	Turkish: hızlı koşmak, fırlamak, a
Taiwanese: 猛衝	Ukrainian: кинутися; увігнатися	Urdu: پھرتی یا تیزی سے دوڑنا
Vietnamese: xông tới	Chinese: 猛冲
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