dashed

dash ¹  (dsh)

v. dashed, dash·ing, dash·es

v.tr.

1. To break or smash by striking violently.

2. To hurl, knock, or thrust with sudden violence.

3. To splash; bespatter.

4.

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.

5.

a. To add an enlivening or altering element to.

b. To affect by adding another element or ingredient to: ice cream that was dashed with rum.

6.

a. To destroy or wreck: Our dreams were dashed. See Synonyms at blast.

b. To confound; abash.

v.intr.

1. To strike violently; smash.

2. To move with haste; rush: dashed to the door.

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.

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.

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[Middle English dashen, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Danish daske, to beat.]

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dash ²  (dsh)

tr.v. dashed, dash·ing, dash·es

To damn.

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[Alteration of damn.]

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

dashed - having gaps or spaces; "sign on the dotted line" dotted broken - not continuous in space, time, or sequence or varying abruptly; "broken lines of defense"; "a broken cable transmission"; "broken sleep"; "tear off the stub above the broken line"; "a broken note"; "broken sobs"