dash

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: elanflairpanachestylesprinthyphendahboltdartscootscudflash

WordNet 3.0

Noun (6)

  1. distinctive and stylish elegance“he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer”Synonyms: elanflairpanachestyle
  2. a quick runSynonyms: sprint
  3. a footrace run at top speed“he is preparing for the 100-yard dash”
  4. 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 textSynonyms: hyphen
  5. the longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse codeSynonyms: dah
  6. the act of moving with great haste“he made a dash for the door”Synonyms: bolt

Verb (6)

  1. run or move very quickly or hastily“She dashed into the yard”Synonyms: dartscootscudflashshoot
  2. break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over“Smash a plate”Synonyms: smash
  3. hurl or thrust violently“He dashed the plate against the wall”“Waves were dashing against the rock”Synonyms: crash
  4. destroy or break“dashed ambitions and hopes”
  5. cause to lose courage“dashed by the refusal”Synonyms: dauntscare offpallfrighten offscare awayfrighten awayscare
  6. add an enlivening or altering element to“blue paint dashed with white”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Dash \Dash\ (d[a^]sh), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dashed; p. pr. & vb. n. Dashing.] [Of. Scand. origin; cf. Dan daske to beat, strike, Sw. & Icel. daska, Dan. & Sw. dask blow.]

1.To throw with violence or haste; to cause to strike violently or hastily; -- often used with against. [1913 Webster]

If you dash a stone against a stone in the botton of the water, it maketh a sound.— Bacon.[1913 Webster]

2.To break, as by throwing or by collision; to shatter; to crust; to frustrate; to ruin. [1913 Webster]

Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.— Ps. ii. 9.[1913 Webster]
A brave vessel, . . . Dashed all to pieces.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
To perplex and dash Maturest counsels.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

3.To put to shame; to confound; to confuse; to abash; to depress. --South. [1913 Webster]

Dash the proud gamester in his gilded car.— Pope.[1913 Webster]

4.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. [1913 Webster]

I take care to dash the character with such particular circumstance as may prevent ill-natured applications.— Addison.[1913 Webster]
The very source and fount of day Is dashed with wandering isles of night.— Tennyson.[1913 Webster]

5.To form or sketch rapidly or carelessly; to execute rapidly, or with careless haste; -- with off; as, to dash off a review or sermon. [1913 Webster]

6.To erase by a stroke; to strike out; knock out; -- with out; as, to dash out a word. [1913 Webster]

Dash \Dash\, v. i. To rush with violence; to move impetuously; to strike violently; as, the waves dash upon rocks. [1913 Webster]

[He] dashed through thick and thin. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

On each hand the gushing waters play, And down the rough cascade all dashing fall. --Thomson. [1913 Webster]

Dash \Dash\, n.

1.Violent striking together of two bodies; collision; crash. [1913 Webster]

2.A sudden check; abashment; frustration; ruin; as, his hopes received a dash. [1913 Webster]

3.A slight admixture, infusion, or adulteration; a partial overspreading; as, wine with a dash of water; red with a dash of purple. [1913 Webster]

Innocence when it has in it a dash of folly.— Addison.[1913 Webster]

4.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. [1913 Webster]

She takes upon her bravely at first dash.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

5.Energy in style or action; animation; spirit. [1913 Webster]

6.A vain show; a blustering parade; a flourish; as, to make or cut a great dash. [Low] [1913 Webster]

7.(Punctuation) 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. --John Wilson. [1913 Webster]

8.(Mus.) (a) 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. (b) The line drawn through a figure in the thorough bass, as a direction to raise the interval a semitone. [1913 Webster]

9.(Racing) A short, spirited effort or trial of speed upon a race course; -- used in horse racing, when a single trial constitutes the race. [1913 Webster]

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