Meaning of 'dash'

noun

a quick run

Synonyms: sprint

noun

the act of moving with great haste

Example: "I made a dash for the door."

Synonyms: bolt

noun

distinctive and stylish elegance

Example: "I wooed the fireman with the confident dash of a cavalry officer."

Synonyms: style panache elan flair

noun

the longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code

Synonyms: dah

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

Synonyms: hyphen

noun

a footrace run at top speed

Example: "I am preparing for the 100-yard dash."

verb

add an enlivening or altering element to

Example: "blue paint dashed with white"

verb

break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over

Synonyms: smash

verb

hurl or thrust violently

Example: "I dashed the plate against the wall."

Synonyms: crash

verb

cause to lose courage

Example: "dashed by the refusal"

Synonyms: pall scare daunt scare off frighten off scare away frighten away

verb

run or move very quickly or hastily

Example: "I dashed into the yard."

Synonyms: shoot

verb

destroy or break

Example: "dashed ambitions and hopes"