Dictionary entries for 'dash'

Synonyms

dash¹ (dăsh)

[Middle English dashen, probably of Scandinavian originDanish daske, to beat.]

verb: dashed, dash·ing, dash·es.

To break or smash by striking violently.
To hurl, knock, or thrust with sudden violence.
To splash; bespatter.
1. To write hastily. Often used with off: dashed off a note to the dean.
2. To drink hastily. Often used with down: dashed down a glass of milk.
1. To add an enlivening or altering element to.
2. To affect by adding another element or ingredient to: ice cream that was dashed with rum.
1. To destroy or wreck: Our dreams were dashed. See synonyms at blast
2. To confound; abash.

A swift, violent blow or stroke: knocked the books to the floor with an impatient dash of his hand.
1. A splash.
2. A small amount of an added ingredient: a dash of sherry.
A quick stroke, as with a pencil or brush.
A sudden movement; a rush: made a dash for the exit.
Sports A footrace, usually less than a quarter-mile long, run at top speed from the outset.
A spirited quality in action or style; verve. See synonyms at vigor
Either of two symbols, an emdash or an endash, used in writing and in printing.
In Morse and similar codes, the long sound or signal used in combination with the dot and silent intervals to represent letters or numbers.
A dashboard.

dash² (dăsh)

[Alteration of damn.]