dash
(noun, verb, interjection)
noun
1. distinctive and stylish elegance
- he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer
Similar word(s): elan, flair, panache, style
Definition categories: attribute, elegance
2. a quick run
Similar word(s): sprint
Definition categories: act, run, running
3. a footrace run at top speed
- he is preparing for the 100-yard dash
Definition categories: event
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 text
Similar word(s): hyphen
Definition categories: communication, punctuation
5. the longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code
Similar word(s): dah
Definition categories: communication
6. the act of moving with great haste
- he made a dash for the door
Similar word(s): bolt
Definition categories: act, haste, hurry, rush, rushing
Sentences with dash as a noun:
- sometimes dash is also used colloquially to refer to a hyphen or minus sign.
- Add a dash of vinegar
- Aren't we full of dash this morning?
verb
1. run or move very quickly or hastily
- She dashed into the yard
Similar word(s): dart, flash, scoot, scud, shoot
Definition categories: motion, hasten, hie, hotfoot, race, rush, speed
2. break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over
Similar word(s): smash
Definition categories: change, break
3. hurl or thrust violently
- He dashed the plate against the wall
- Waves were dashing against the rock
Similar word(s): crash
Definition categories: contact, cast, hurl, hurtle
4. destroy or break
- dashed ambitions and hopes
Definition categories: social, baffle, bilk, cross, foil, frustrate, scotch, spoil, thwart
5. cause to lose courage
- dashed by the refusal
Similar word(s): daunt, pall, scare
Definition categories: emotion, intimidate
6. add an enlivening or altering element to
- blue paint dashed with white
Definition categories: change, mix
Sentences with dash as a verb:
- He dashed across the field.
- I have to dash now. See you soon.
- He dashed the bottle against the bar and turned about to fight.
- The man was dashed from the vehicle during the accident.
- Her hopes were dashed when she saw the damage.
- Her thoughts were dashed to melancholy.
- He dashed down his eggs, she dashed off her homework
- to dash wine with water; to dash paint upon a picture