Definitions for dash

Overview of noun dash

The noun dash has 6 senses? (first 2 from tagged texts)

1. (1) dash, elan, flair, panache, style

(distinctive and stylish elegance; "he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer")

2. (1) dash, sprint

(a quick run)

3. dash

(a footrace run at top speed; "he is preparing for the 100-yard dash")

4. hyphen, dash

(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)

5. dash, dah

(the longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code)

6. dash, bolt

(the act of moving with great haste; "he made a dash for the door")

Overview of verb dash

The verb dash has 6 senses? (first 3 from tagged texts)

1. (7) dart, dash, scoot, scud, flash, shoot

(run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the yard")

2. (2) smash, dash

(break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over; "Smash a plate")

3. (1) crash, dash

(hurl or thrust violently; "He dashed the plate against the wall"; "Waves were dashing against the rock")

4. dash

(destroy or break; "dashed ambitions and hopes")

5. daunt, dash, scare off, pall, frighten off, scare away, frighten away, scare

(cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal")

6. dash

(add an enlivening or altering element to; "blue paint dashed with white")