dash 1
(dăsh)v. dashed, dash·ing, dash·es
v.intr.1. To move with haste; rush: dashed into the room; dashed down the hall.
2. To strike violently; smash: waves dashing on the rocks.
v.tr.1. a. To break or smash by striking violently: The ship was dashed upon the rocks.
b. To hurl, knock, or thrust with sudden violence: dashed the cup against the wall.
c. To remove by striking or wiping: dash tears from one's face.
2. To splash; bespatter: dash water on one's face.
3. a. To write hastily. Often used with off: dashed off a note to the dean.
b. To drink hastily. Often used with down: dashed down a glass of milk.
4. a. To add an enlivening or altering element to: a speech dashed with humor.
b. To affect by adding another element or ingredient to: ice cream that was dashed with rum.
5. a. To destroy or wreck:
Our hopes were dashed by the news. See Synonyms at
blast.
b. To discourage or dispirit: "This discouraging information a little dashed the child" (Charles Dickens).
n.1. A swift, violent blow or stroke: knocked the books to the floor with an impatient dash of his hand.
2. a. A splash: threw a dash of water on my face.
b. A small amount of an added ingredient: a dash of sherry.
3. A quick stroke, as with a pencil or brush.
4. A sudden movement; a rush: made a dash for the exit.
5. Sports A footrace, usually less than a quarter-mile long, run at top speed from the outset.
6. A spirited quality in action or style; verve. See Synonyms at
vigor.
7. Either of two symbols, an emdash or an endash, used in writing and in printing.
8. In Morse and similar codes, the long sound or signal used in combination with the dot and silent intervals to represent letters or numbers.
9. A dashboard.
[Middle English dashen, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Danish daske, to beat.]
dash 2
(dăsh)tr.v. dashed,
dash·ing,
dash·es To damn.
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dash
(dæʃ) vb (
mainly tr)
1. to hurl; crash: he dashed the cup to the floor; the waves dashed against the rocks.
2. to mix: white paint dashed with blue.
3. (intr) to move hastily or recklessly; rush: he dashed to her rescue.
4. (usually foll by: off or down) to write (down) or finish (off) hastily
5. to destroy; frustrate: his hopes were dashed.
6. to daunt (someone); cast down; discourage: he was dashed by her refusal.
n7. a sudden quick movement; dart
8. a small admixture: coffee with a dash of cream.
9. a violent stroke or blow
10. the sound of splashing or smashing: the dash of the waves.
11. panache; style: he rides with dash.
13. (Grammar) the punctuation mark —, used singly in place of a colon, esp to indicate a sudden change of subject or grammatical anacoluthon, or in pairs to enclose a parenthetical remark
14. (Communications & Information) the symbol (–) used, in combination with the symbol
dot (·), in the written representation of Morse and other telegraphic codes. Compare
dah 15. (Athletics (Track & Field))
athletics another word (esp US and Canadian) for
sprint 16. (Automotive Engineering)
informal short for
dashboard [Middle English dasche, dasse]
dash
(dæʃ) interjinformal a euphemistic word for
damn1,
damn2
dash
(dæʃ) na gift, commission, tip, or bribe
vbto give (a dash) to someone
[C16: perhaps from Fanti]
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dash1
(dæʃ)
v.t. 1. to strike or smash violently, esp. so as to break to pieces: to dash a plate against a wall.
2. to throw or thrust violently or suddenly: to dash one stone against another.
3. to splash, often violently; bespatter, as with water or mud.
4. to apply roughly: to dash paint on a wall.
5. to mix by adding another substance: wine dashed with water.
6. to ruin or frustrate: The rain dashed our hopes.
7. to depress; dispirit: The failure dashed my spirits.
v.i. 8. to strike with violence: waves dashing against the cliff.
9. to move with violence; rush: to dash around the corner.
10. dash off, a. to hurry away.
b. Also, dash down. do hastily: to dash off a letter.
n. 11. a small quantity of something: a dash of salt.
12. a hasty or sudden movement: to make a dash for the door.
13. 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.
14. the splashing of liquid against something.
15. the sound of such splashing.
16. spirited action; élan; vigor in action or style: to perform with spirit and dash.
17. a short race: the 100-yard dash.
19. a signal of longer duration than a dot, used in groups of dots, dashes, and spaces to represent letters, as in Morse code.
20. a hasty stroke, esp. of a pen.
21. Archaic. a violent and rapid blow or stroke.
[1250–1300; Middle English dasshen]
dash2
(dæʃ)
v.t. Chiefly Brit. to damn (usu. used interjectionally).
[1790–1800; euphemism based on
d - n, printed form of
damn]
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Dash
a small quantity thrown in or mingled with a larger mass or amount.Examples: dash of good blood in their veins, 1712; of brandy, 1697; of commuters—Lipton, 1970; of eccentricity, 1820; of evil, 1678; of my former life, 1611; of light, 1713; of the ocean, 1784; of rain, 1700; of water, 1677.
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