dash Definition

dash¹
verb dashes, dashed, dashing

intr
1. To run quickly; to rush.

Thesaurus: sprint, race, speed, hurry, run, bound, dart, rush, fly, hasten, bolt, tear.
intr
2. To crash or smash.

Thesaurus: crash, smash, shatter, break, splinter.
3. To hit or smash it violently.

Thesaurus: bludgeon, hit, beat, cudgel, smash, slam.
Form: dash against something (often)
4. To destroy or put an end to (hopes, etc).

Thesaurus: dampen, disappoint, frustrate.

noun dashes

1. A quick run or sudden rush.

Thesaurus: sprint, race, run.
2. A small amount of something added, especially a liquid.

Thesaurus: sprinkle, pinch, bit, taste, soupçon, little, hint, touch, trace, suggestion.
3. A patch of colour.
4. A short line (-) used in writing to show a break in a sentence, etc.
5. In Morse code: the longer of the two lengths of signal element, written as a short line. Compare dot.
6. Confidence, enthusiasm and stylishness.
(N Amer)
7. sport.
A short race for fast runners.
8. A dashboard.

Etymology: 14c as dasch; from earlier daschen or dassen to rush or strike violently.

Phrasal Verb: dash off

To leave abruptly.

Phrasal Verb: dash off something or dash something off

To produce or write it hastily.

Info:

1. long dash ―

○ introduces an explanation or expansion &wbox;

Alternative style (more formal): a colon.

○ It introduces an emphatic comment &wbox;

○ In pairs, it encloses an emphatic comment

○ In pairs, it encloses an inserted comment or aside

Alternative styles (less informal): a pair of commas; (less informal still) a pair of round brackets.

2. short dash ‐

○ links the limits of a range &wbox; &wbox; &wbox; &wbox;

Don't use a dash to link items in a phrase beginning with ‘between' or ‘from':

○ It links two or more words that together modify a following word &wbox; &wbox; &wbox; .

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dash²
exclamation

1. A milder and less offensive substitute for damn.