dash

1. (verb) add an enlivening or altering element to; "blue paint dashed with white"
Related Words: mix, mix in

2. (noun) a quick run
Synonyms: sprint
Related Words: break, run, running

3. (noun) the act of moving with great haste; "he made a dash for the door"
Synonyms: bolt
Related Words: haste, hurry, rush, rushing

4. (verb) destroy or break; "dashed ambitions and hopes"
Related Words: baffle, bilk, cross, foil, frustrate, queer, scotch, spoil, thwart

5. (noun) distinctive and stylish elegance; "he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer"
Synonyms: elan, flair, panache, style
Related Words: elegance

6. (noun) the longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code
Synonyms: dah
Related Words: radiotelegraphic signal, telegraphic signal

7. (noun) a footrace run at top speed; "he is preparing for the 100-yard dash"
Related Words: track event

8. (verb) break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over; "Smash a plate"
Synonyms: smash
Related Words: break

9. (verb) hurl or thrust violently; "He dashed the plate against the wall"; "Waves were dashing against the rock"
Synonyms: crash
Related Words: cast, hurl, hurtle

10. (verb) cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal"
Synonyms: daunt, frighten away, frighten off, pall, scare, scare away, scare off
Related Words: intimidate, restrain

11. (verb) run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the yard"
Synonyms: dart, flash, scoot, scud, shoot
Related Words: belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hasten, hie, hotfoot, pelt along, plunge, race, rush, rush along, speed

12. (noun) 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
Synonyms: hyphen
Related Words: punctuation, punctuation mark



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