When you dash, you run a short distance very quickly. If you forget your lunch in the morning, you might try to dash home, grab it, and dash back to school.
To throw with violence or haste; to cause to strike violently or hastily; -- often used with against.
Noun
a quick run
Noun
the act of moving with great haste; "he made a dash for the door"
Noun
distinctive and stylish elegance; "he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer"
Noun
the longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code
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
Noun
a footrace run at top speed; "he is preparing for the 100-yard dash"
Verb
add an enlivening or altering element to; "blue paint dashed with white"
Verb
break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over; "Smash a plate"
Verb
hurl or thrust violently; "He dashed the plate against the wall"; "Waves were dashing against the rock"
Verb
cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal"
Verb
run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the yard"
Verb
destroy or break; "dashed ambitions and hopes"
v. t.
To throw with violence or haste; to cause to strike
violently or hastily; -- often used with against.
v. t.
To break, as by throwing or by collision; to shatter; to
crust; to frustrate; to ruin.
v. t.
To put to shame; to confound; to confuse; to abash; to
depress.
v. t.
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.
v. t.
To form or sketch rapidly or carelessly; to execute
rapidly, or with careless haste; -- with off; as, to dash off a review
or sermon.
v. t.
To erase by a stroke; to strike out; knock out; -- with
out; as, to dash out a word.
v. i.
To rust with violence; to move impetuously; to strike
violently; as, the waves dash upon rocks.
n.
Violent striking together of two bodies; collision; crash.
n.
A sudden check; abashment; frustration; ruin; as, his hopes
received a dash.
n.
A slight admixture, infusion, or adulteration; a partial
overspreading; as, wine with a dash of water; red with a dash of
purple.
n.
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.
n.
Energy in style or action; animation; spirit.
n.
A vain show; a blustering parade; a flourish; as, to make or
cut a great dash.
n.
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.
n.
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.
n.
The line drawn through a figure in the thorough bass, as a
direction to raise the interval a semitone.
n.
A short, spirited effort or trial of speed upon a race
course; -- used in horse racing, when a single trial constitutes the
race.
Dash
If you dash a stone against a stone in the botton of the water, it maketh a sound.2.
Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
A brave vessel, . . . Dashed all to pieces.
To perplex and dash Maturest counsels.3.
Dash the proud gameser in his gilded car.4.
I take care to dash the character with such particular circumstance as may prevent ill-natured applications.
The very source and fount of day Is dashed with wandering isles of night.5.
Dash
[He] dashed through thick and thin.
On each hand the gushing waters play, And down the rough cascade all dashing fall.
Dash
Innocence when it has in it a dash of folly.4.
She takes upon her bravely at first dash.5.
To throw with violence or haste; to cause to strike violently or hastily; -- often used with against.
To rust with violence; to move impetuously; to strike violently;
Violent striking together of two bodies; collision; crash.
Usage Examples
The stones themselves are thick with history, and those cats that dash through the alleyways must surely be the ghosts of the famous dead in feline disguise.
Truth is, I'll never know all there is to know about you just as you will never know all there is to know about me. Humans are by nature too complicated to be understood fully. So, we can choose either to approach our fellow human beings with suspicion or to approach them with an open mind, a dash of optimism and a great deal of candour.
It is the superfluous things for which men sweat, - superfluous things that wear our togas theadbare, that force us to grow old in camp, that dash us upon foreign shores.
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Other Usage ExamplesPoetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary.
And of course, pop music is all about memorability and simplicity and positive messages and a little dash of joy.
You can trust a Neil Simon script. Every dot. Every dash that pause means something. He takes all the jokes out, practically.
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